Soluble methane monooxygenase (MMO) isolated from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b consists of three components: hydroxylase, reductase, and component B. The active-site diiron cluster of the hydroxylase has been studied with Mossbauer, ENDOR, and EPR spectroscopies. Mossbauer spectra of the oxidized cluster show that the two high-spin irons are antiferromagnetically coupled in accord with our p...

carbon-bearing Ni(II)-femte (CBNF) was prepared by repeated decomposition of CO2 on Hz-reduced Ni(II> femte. The material was also characterized by Mossbauer spectra, XRD and chemical analysis. A peculiar amorphous surface layer composed of carbon, divalent transition metals and oxide ions (CIO layer) was found to be synthesized on the surface of the CBNF. Deposited carbon on the CBNF was chara...

Homogeneous single crystals of EuO, Eu rich EuO and Gd doped EuO have been obtained and characterized by X-ray, microprobe analysis;Mossbauer, infrared spectroscopy and resistivity measurements versus temperature. Photoconductivity, Hall effect, optical and magnetic measurements are reported. They are interpreted within a simple model taking into account Coulomb, kinetic and exchange energies a...

The magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite-silica nanocomposites with different concentrations (15, 30, and 50 wt %) and sizes (7, 16, and 28 nm) of ferrite particles have been studied by static magnetization measurements and Mossbauer spectroscopy. The results indicate a superparamagnetic behavior of the nanoparticles, with weak interactions slightly increasing with the cobalt ferrite content a...

Mcissbauer spectroscopy is a nuclear i-rav resonance technique that has been extensively tv!i 'iill' s,,'stems. applied to the study of the electronic properties of iron in biological '. The power of the technique lies in its sensitivity to the effects of the physical environment (nature ]18 lw and disposition of ligands, magnetic structure, etc.) on 57Fe nuclei. Moreover, it is sensitive ' onl...