Maier / Vianden HFI/NQI 2004

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and 17th International Symposium on Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions, (HFI/NQI 2004) Bonn, Germany, 22-27 August, 2004
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-30924-6
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
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E-Book, Englisch, 864 Seiten

This volume of proceedings includes new and original scientific results along with recent developments in instrumentation and methods, in invited and contributed papers. Researchers and graduate students interested in hyperfine interaction detected by nuclear radiation as well as nuclear quadrupole interactions detected by resonance methods in the areas of materials, biological and medical science will find this volume indispensable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maier, K.

Vianden, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents Volume I;5
2;Preface;11
3;Erwin Bodenstedt – In Memoriam;14
4;Theory Hyperfine Interactions;17
4.1;Ab Initio Calculation of Hyperfine Interaction Parameters: Recent Evolutions, Recent Examples;17
4.1.1;1. Introduction;17
4.1.2;2. The standard ab initio approach;18
4.1.3;3. New evolutions;19
4.1.4;4. Highlights from work in Leuven;21
4.1.5;5. The future of hyper.ne interactions;24
4.2;Magnetic Properties and the Electric Field Gradients of Fe4N and Fe4C;27
4.2.1;1. Introduction ;27
4.2.2;2. Theoretical framework;29
4.2.3;3. Results and discussion;29
4.3;Spin-orbit Induced Electric Field Gradients in Magnetic Solids;32
4.3.1;1. Introduction;32
4.3.2;2. Theoretical framework;33
4.3.3;3. EFG of 4d- and 5d-transition metal impurities in Fe;33
4.4;Ab initio Study of the Temperature Dependence of the EFG at Cd Impurities in Rutile TiO2;36
4.4.1;1. Introduction;36
4.4.2;2. Method of calculation and results for the EFG tensor at 0 K;37
4.4.3;3. Temperature dependence of the EFG. Results and conclusions;39
4.5;Impurity-Vacancy Complexes in Si and Ge;43
4.6;The Electric Field Gradient Produced by a Gaussian Charge Density Distribution;47
4.6.1;1. Introduction;47
4.6.2;2. Results;47
4.6.3;3. An example;50
4.6.4;4. Outlook;51
4.7;Electric Field Gradients at Hf and Fe Sites in Hf2Fe Recalculated;53
4.7.1;1. Introduction;53
4.7.2;2. Details of calculation;54
4.7.3;3. Results and discussion;54
4.7.4;4. Conclusion;56
4.8;Comparative Theoretical Study of Hyperfine Interactions of Muonium in A- and B-Form DNA;58
4.8.1;1. Introduction;58
4.8.2;2. Procedure;59
4.8.3;3. Results and discussion;60
4.8.4;4. Conclusions and future investigations;62
4.9;Hyperfine Fields of Light Interstitial Impurities in Ni;63
4.9.1;1. Introduction;63
4.9.2;2. Theoretical framework;64
4.9.3;3. Results and discussions;65
4.10;FLAPW Study of the EFG Tensor at Cd Impurities in In2O3;67
4.10.1;1. Introduction;67
4.10.2;2. Method of calculation;68
4.10.3;3. Results and discussion;70
4.11;Are LCAO-MO Models Useful Estimators for Electric Field Gradients in Simple Molecules?;74
4.11.1;1. Introduction;74
4.11.2;2. Computational details;75
4.11.3;3. Results;75
4.11.4;4. Conclusion;80
4.12;The Electric Field Gradient of 111Ag in Macrocyclic Crown Thioethers;82
4.12.1;1. Introduction;82
4.12.2;2. Experimental;83
4.12.3;3. DFT calculations;87
4.12.4;4. Discussion;90
4.13;Correlation between the EFG Values Measured at the Cd Impurity in a Group of Cu-based Delafossites and the Semiconducting Properties of the Latter;92
4.13.1;1. Introduction;92
4.13.2;2. Calculations and interpretation of the results;93
4.14;Electric Field Gradients of Fluorides Calculated by the Full Potential KKR Green’s Function Method;97
4.14.1;1. Introduction;97
4.14.2;2. EFG Calculation;98
4.15;Electric Field Gradients of Light Impurities in TiO2 Calculated by the Full Potential KKR Green’s Function Method;101
4.15.1;1. Introduction;101
4.15.2;2. EFG calculation;102
4.16;Peculiarities of Quadrupolar Relaxation in Electrolyte Solutions;106
4.16.1;1. Introduction;106
4.16.2;2. Qudrupolar relaxation in electrolyte solutions;107
4.16.3;3. Experimental and calculations details;108
4.16.4;4. Results and discussion;108
4.16.5;5. Conclusion;110
4.17;Ordering Effects and Hyperfine Interactions in FeYN Austenites;112
4.17.1;1. Introduction;112
4.17.2;2. Results and discussion;113
4.17.3;3. Conclusion;115
5;Magnetism and Magnetic Materials - Bulk and Thin Layers ;117
5.1;Mo¨ssbauer In Situ Studies of the Surface of Mars;117
5.1.1;1. Introduction;117
5.1.2;2. MER-A Spirit at Gusev crater;119
5.1.3;3. MER-B opportunity at Meridiani Planum;121
5.1.4;4. Outlook;124
5.2;Temperature Dependence of the Magnetic Hyper.ne Field at 140Ce on Gd Sites in GdAg Compound;125
5.2.1;1. Introduction;125
5.2.2;2. Experimental;126
5.2.3;3. Results and discussion;126
5.3;Thermal Behaviour of the mSR Relaxation Rate at High Temperature in Insulators;130
5.3.1;1. Introduction;130
5.3.2;2. Theoretical framework for the muon relaxation rate;131
5.3.3;3. The spin-lattice relaxation rate data;132
5.4;Magnetic Texturing of Xenon-Irradiated Iron Films Studied by Magnetic Orientation Mo¨ ssbauer Spectroscopy;136
5.4.1;1. Introduction;136
5.4.2;2. Experiments;137
5.4.3;3. Results for Fe/MgO;137
5.4.4;4. Results for polycrystalline Fe/Si and discussion;140
5.5;Mo¨ssbauer and TDPAC Studies on Fe/Mo Multilayers;143
5.5.1;1. Introduction;143
5.5.2;2. Experimental procedures;144
5.5.3;3. Results and discussion;145
5.6;Mo¨ssbauer Studies on (Zn, Cd, Cu)0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 Oxides;148
5.6.1;1. Introduction;148
5.6.2;2. Experimental;149
5.6.3;3. Results and discussion;149
5.6.4;4. Conclusions;153
5.7;Investigation of Hyperfine Interactions in GdNiIn Compound;154
5.7.1;1. Introduction;154
5.7.2;2. Experimental;155
5.7.3;3. Results and discussion;156
5.8;The Magnetic Hyperfine Field of 111Cd in the Rare EarthYNickel Laves Phases RNi2;159
5.8.1;1. Introduction;159
5.8.2;2. Measurements;159
5.8.3;3. Results;161
5.9;Magnetic Order in HoF3 Studied via Ho Nuclear Spin Probes;164
5.9.1;1. Introduction;164
5.9.2;2. Experimental details;165
5.9.3;3. Results;165
5.9.4;4. Discussion;167
5.10;Spin Flop Studies in the AF Mixed Halide (54Mn)Mn(BrxCl1jx)2I4H2O via Low Temperature Nuclear Orientation;169
5.10.1;1. Introduction;169
5.10.2;2. Experimental details;170
5.10.3;3. Results and discussion;171
5.11;Local Magnetic Fields in Some Bismuth-Based Diamagnets. A Survey of NQR Data;174
5.11.1;1. Introduction;174
5.11.2;2. Experimental;175
5.11.3;3. Results;175
5.11.4;4. Discussion;178
5.11.5;5. Conclusions;179
5.12;Investigation of the Magnetic Hyperfine Field at 140Ce on Gd Sites in GdCo2 Compound;181
5.12.1;1. Introduction;181
5.12.2;2. Details of the experiment;182
5.12.3;3. Electronic structure calculations;182
5.12.4;4. Results and discussion;183
5.13;Nuclear Magnetic Resonance on Oriented Nuclei in 175HfFe;186
5.13.1;1. Introduction;186
5.13.2;2. Experimental procedure;187
5.13.3;3. Results and discussion;187
5.14;Low-Temperature Nuclear Orientation of 144Pm in Metamagnetic (RE)NiAl4 Single Crystals;190
5.15;Temperature Dependence of the Hyperfine Magnetic Field at 140Ce in Orthorhombic Tb3In5;195
5.15.1;1. Introduction;195
5.15.2;2. Experimental;196
5.15.3;3. Results and discussion;197
5.16;Mo¨ssbauer Effect Study of Eu0.88Fe4Sb12 Skutterudite;200
5.17;PAC Investigation of Amorphous Ferromagnets;205
5.17.1;1. Introduction;205
5.17.2;2. PAC experiments;206
5.17.3;3. Mo¨ssbauer investigations;206
5.17.4;4. Conclusions;207
5.18;Implantation of 111In-probe Nuclei with Nuclear Reactions 108Pd(6,7Li, xn)111In using Pelletron Tandem Accelerator: Study of Local Magnetism in Heusler Alloys;210
5.18.1;1. Introduction;210
5.18.2;2. Experimental;211
5.18.3;3. Results and discussion;212
5.19;Magnetic Hyperfine Interaction of a Cubic Defect in a-Iron;215
5.19.1;1. Introduction;215
5.19.2;2. Behaviour of 111In(111Cd) implanted into a-Fe;216
5.19.3;3. ISOLDE experiment with 111In(111Cd) implanted into a-Fe;217
5.19.4;4. Discussion and conclusions;218
6;HFI Probes in Semiconductors, Metals and Insulators;220
6.1;Non-Markovian Dynamics of a Localized Electron Spin Due to the Hyperfine Interaction;220
6.1.1;1. Introduction;220
6.1.2;2. Model and perturbative expansion;221
6.1.3;3. Conclusions;226
6.2;Comparative Studies Using EXAFS and PAC of Lattice Damage in Semiconductors;229
6.2.1;1. Introduction;229
6.2.2;2. Results;231
6.2.3;3. Discussion;235
6.2.4;4. Conclusions;237
6.3;The Systematics of Muonium Hyperfine Constants;239
6.4;111Cd PAC Study of GdYNi Intermetallic Compounds;245
6.4.1;1. Introduction;245
6.4.2;2. Measurements;246
6.4.3;3. Results;249
6.5;Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of Naturally Occurring Zircon with Very Small Impurity Concentrations;251
6.5.1;1. Introduction;251
6.5.2;2. Experimental procedure;252
6.5.3;3. Results and discussion;252
6.6;Anomalous Temperature Dependence of the EFG in AlN Measured with the PAC-Probes 181Hf and 111In;256
6.6.1;1. Introduction;256
6.6.2;2. Experimental details;257
6.6.3;3. Results and discussion;257
6.6.4;4. Conclusions;261
6.7;The Rare Earth PAC Probe 172Lu in Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors;263
6.7.1;1. Introduction;263
6.7.2;2. Measurements;264
6.7.3;3. Summary;266
6.8;TDPAC Study of the Intermetallic Compound HfCo3B2;267
6.8.1;1. Introduction;267
6.8.2;2. Experimental;268
6.8.3;3. Results;269
6.8.4;4. Calculations;270
6.8.5;5. Summary;272
6.9;Investigations on the Diffusion of Boron in SiGe Mixed Crystals;274
6.10;Local Structure of Implanted Pd in Si Using PAC;279
6.10.1;1. Introduction;279
6.10.2;2. Experimental details;280
6.10.3;3. Results and discussion;280
6.10.4;4. Conclusions;282
6.11;Polymorphic Phase Transformation in In2La and CeIn2;284
6.11.1;1. Introduction;284
6.11.2;2. Experiment;285
6.11.3;3. Discussion and conclusions;286
6.12;Static and Intermittent Hyper.ne Coupling for the Muoniated Radical in Tellurium;288
6.13;Hyperfine Parameters for Muonium in Copper (I), Silver (I) and Cadmium Oxides;292
6.14;PAC Studies on Zr-Based Intermetallic Compounds;296
6.14.1;1. Introduction;296
6.14.2;2. Experimental;297
6.14.3;3. Results and discussion;297
6.14.4;4. Conclusions;300
6.15;The 181Hf/181Ta Probe in the Li and Nb Sites of Congruent LiNbO3 Co-doped with Mg and Cr Ions Studied by gYg PAC;302
6.15.1;1. Introduction;302
6.15.2;2. Experimental details;303
6.15.3;3. Results and discussions;303
6.15.4;4. Conclusions;306
6.16;Comparison of XYZ Model Fitting Functions for 111Cd in In3La;308
6.17;Site Occupation of In in RAg6In6 Studied Using PAC Spectroscopy;312
6.18;Lattice Location of 181Ta and 111Cd Probes in Hafnium and Zirconium Aluminides Studied by Perturbed Angular Correlation;318
6.18.1;1. Introduction;318
6.18.2;2. Experimental details;319
6.18.3;3. PAC results and discussion;319
6.18.4;4. Summary;323
6.19;Electrical Field Gradient Studies on La1 xCdxMnO3þ System;325
6.19.1;1. Introduction;325
6.19.2;2. Experimental details;326
6.19.3;3. Experimental results and discussion;327
6.19.4;4. Conclusions;328
6.20;Experimental Veri.cation of Calculated Lattice Relaxations Around Impurities in CdTe;330
6.20.1;1. Introduction;330
6.20.2;2. Experiment;331
6.20.3;3. Results and discussion;332
6.21;Hyperfine Interactions of Short-Lived Emitters in Pd;337
6.21.1;1. Introduction;337
6.21.2;2. Experimental;338
6.21.3;3. Results and discussion;339
6.22;Hyperfine Interactions in Iron Meteorites: Comparative Study by Mo¨ssbauer Spectroscopy;341
6.22.1;1. Introduction;341
6.22.2;2. Materials and methods;342
6.22.3;3. Results and discussion;342
6.22.4;4. Conclusion;345
6.23;A Perturbed-Angular-Correlation Study of Hyperfine Interactions at 181Ta in -Fe2O3;347
6.23.1;1. Introduction;347
6.23.2;2. Experimental;348
6.23.3;3. Results and discussion;348
6.23.4;4. Conclusions;351
6.24;Perturbed Angular Correlation Study of OrderYDisorder Transition in HfW2O8;352
6.24.1;1. Introduction;352
6.24.2;2. Experimental;353
6.24.3;3. Results and discussion;354
6.24.4;4. Conclusions;356
6.25;Electric Fields Gradients at 111In Sites in CdIn2O4 Spinel;357
6.25.1;1. Introduction;357
6.25.2;2. The spinel structure and the inversion problem;358
6.25.3;3. Experimental;358
6.25.4;4. Results and discussion;358
6.25.5;5. Conclusions;361
6.26;Temperature Dependence of the Quadrupole Interaction for 111In in Sapphire;362
6.26.1;1. Introduction;362
6.26.2;2. Experimental details;362
6.26.3;3. Results;363
6.26.4;4. Discussion;363
6.27;PAC Studies of Implanted 111Ag in Single-Crystalline ZnO;368
6.27.1;1. Introduction;368
6.27.2;2. Experimental details;369
6.27.3;3. Experimental results and discussion;369
6.28;Measurement of Quadrupole Interactions in La1jxSrxCoO3 Perovskites Using TDPAC Technique;374
6.28.1;1. Introduction;374
6.28.2;2. Experimental;375
6.28.3;3. Results and discussion;376
6.29;Implantation of the 111In/Cd Probe as InOj Ion for Radioisotope Tracer Studies;379
6.29.1;1. Introduction;379
6.29.2;2. Production and implantation of 111Inj and 111In16Oj ions;380
6.29.3;3. Radioisotope tracer studies with 111In/Cd;381
6.29.4;4. Conclusions;383
6.30;Electric Field Gradients of B in TiO2;384
6.30.1;1. Introduction;384
6.30.2;2. Experiment;384
6.30.3;3. Results and discussion;385
6.31;Acceleration of Diffusional Jumps of Interstitial Fe with Increasing Ge Concentration in Si1jxGex Alloys Observed by Mo¨ssbauer Spectroscopy;388
6.31.1;1. Introduction;388
6.31.2;2. Experimental;389
6.31.3;3. Results and discussion;389
6.32;Hf2Ni and Zr2Ni Compounds Studied by PAC with 111Cd Probes;393
6.32.1;1. Introduction;393
6.32.2;2. Experimental procedure;394
6.32.3;3. Results and discussion;395
6.33;Hf3Al2 and Zr3Al2 Isostructural Aluminides Studied by PAC with 181Ta and 111Cd Probes;398
6.33.1;1. Introduction;398
6.33.2;2. Experiment;399
6.33.3;3. Results and discussion;400
6.34;The Magnetic Response of Europium Implanted in Cerium and in Platinum as Investigated by the PAC-Method;406
7;Keyword Index to Volume 158 (2004);411
8;Author Index to Volume 158 (2004);414
9;Table of Contents Volume II;417
10;Lattice Dynamics Ion-Solid Interaction;423
10.1;PAC Probes as Diffusion Tracers in Solids;423
10.1.1;1. Introduction;423
10.1.2;2. Experimental methods;424
10.1.3;3. Results;426
10.1.4;4. Discussion;429
10.2;Nuclear Spin–Lattice Relaxation of Single Crystal Sr14Cu24O41;431
10.2.1;1. Introduction;431
10.2.2;2. Results and discussion;432
10.2.3;3. Conclusion;435
10.3;Metal Atom Dynamics and Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Multilayer Sandwich Compounds;437
10.3.1;1. Introduction;437
10.4;Comparison of the Impurity Effects on Lattice Dynamics in K2SnCl6 between Isomorphic and Nonisomorphic Systems Near the Structural Phase Transition Temperature Revealed by Nuclear Resonance;442
10.4.1;1. Introduction;442
10.4.2;2. Results and discussion;444
10.4.3;3. Conclusion;448
10.5;Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation of 82BrFe;449
10.5.1;1. Introduction;449
10.5.2;2. Experiments and results;450
10.5.3;3. Discussion;453
10.6;Electronic Relaxation in Indium Oxide Films Studied with Perturbed Angular Correlations;455
10.6.1;1. Introduction;455
10.6.2;2. Experimental;456
10.6.3;3. Results and discussion;460
11;Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films, Nano-structures;463
11.1;Layered Inclusion Compounds Containing Aniline and Polyaniline Studied by NQR and IR Spectroscopy;463
11.1.1;1. Introduction;463
11.1.2;2. Experimental;463
11.1.3;3. Results and discussion;464
11.2;High Temperature Diffusion of 6Li Adsorbed on a Ru(001) Single Crystal Surface as seen by Pulse NMR;469
11.2.1;1. Introduction;469
11.2.2;2. Experimental;470
11.2.3;3. Results and discussion;472
11.3;Structural Properties of the Donor Indium in Nanocrystalline ZnO;474
11.3.1;1. Introduction;474
11.3.2;2. Sample preparation;475
11.3.3;3. PAC experiments;475
11.3.4;4. EXAFS experiments;476
11.3.5;5. Conclusion;479
11.4;Grain Size Effect on the Temperature Dependence of the Electric Field Gradient in Nanocrystalline In;481
11.4.1;1. Introduction;481
11.4.2;2. Experimental details;482
11.4.3;3. Results and discussion;482
11.4.4;4. Summary;487
11.5;Split and Compensated Hyper.ne Fields in Magnetic Metal Clusters;488
11.6;Hyperfine Fields in Nanocrystalline Fe0.48Al0.52;492
11.6.1;1. Introduction;492
11.6.2;2. Sample;492
11.6.3;3. Principles of resonant polarimetric methods;493
11.6.4;4. Measurements and results;494
11.6.5;5. Discussion;495
11.7;Mo¨ssbauer Investigation of Highly Dispersed Iron Particles in Crazed Porous Polymers;498
11.7.1;1. Introduction;498
11.7.2;2. Experimental;499
11.7.3;3. Results and discussion;500
12;Resonance Methods;504
12.1;NMR Studies on the Internal Structure of High-Tc Superconductors and Other Anorganic Compounds;504
12.1.1;1. Introduction;504
12.1.2;2. Experimental;505
12.1.3;3. Results and discussion;505
12.2;Structure and Ionic Conductivity of Halocomplexes of Main Group Metallic Elements Studied by NMR and NQR;511
12.2.1;1. Introduction;511
12.2.2;2. Experimental section;512
12.2.3;3. Results and discussion;513
12.2.4;4. Conclusions;518
12.3;Phase Transition and Orientational Disorder of the Cation in [(PyO)(H/D)][AuCl4] (PyO = C5H5NO) Crystal;519
12.3.1;1. Introduction;519
12.3.2;2. Results and discussion;520
12.3.3;3. Conclusion;523
12.4;NQR Spin Diffusion in an Inhomogeneous Internal Field;525
12.4.1;1. Introduction;525
12.4.2;2. Theory;526
12.4.3;3. Results and discussion;533
12.4.4;4. Conclusions;534
12.5;The Nature of Line Broadening in Thermally Detected 57FeFe NMR;536
12.5.1;1. Introduction;536
12.5.2;2. Experimental details;537
12.5.3;3. Results and discussion;538
12.6;Pulsed 14N NQR Device Designed to Detect Substances in the Presence of Environmental Noise.;541
12.6.1;1. Introduction;541
12.6.2;2. Experimental;542
12.6.3;3. Results and discussion;543
12.6.4;4. Conclusions;544
12.7;Some Aspects of Dynamics of Nitrogen-14 Quadrupolar Spin-System;545
12.7.1;1. Introduction;545
12.7.2;2. Experimental details;546
12.7.3;3. Results and discussion;547
12.7.4;4. Conclusion;550
12.8;14N Study of Aromatic Nitroso Compounds;551
12.8.1;1. Introduction;551
12.8.2;2. Experimental;551
12.8.3;3. Results and discussion;553
12.9;NQR, NMR and Crystal Structure Studies of [C(NH2)3]2HgX4 (X = Br, I);556
12.9.1;1. Introduction;556
12.9.2;2. Experimental;557
12.9.3;3. Results and discussion;557
12.10;81Br NQR Study of [NH3(CH2)nNH3]CdBr4 (n = 4 and 5) and [NH3(CH2)nNH3]ZnBr4 (n = 5 and 6);562
12.10.1;1. Introduction;562
12.10.2;2. Experimental;563
12.10.3;3. Results and discussion;565
12.11;Multi-Frequency Resonances in Pure Multiple-Pulse NQR;569
12.11.1;1. Introduction;569
12.11.2;2. Experimental;571
12.11.3;3. Theory;572
12.11.4;4. Results and discussion;579
12.11.5;5. Conclusions;583
12.12;Magnetism-Related Properties of CdSb Revealed by the Zeeman 121Sb NQR Spectra;585
12.12.1;1. Introduction;585
12.12.2;2. Experiment and modeling;586
12.12.3;3. Conclusions;590
12.13;NMR Study of the Dimerized State in CuIr2S4;592
12.13.1;1. Introduction;592
12.13.2;2. Experimental;593
12.13.3;3. Results and discussion;593
12.13.4;4. Summary;595
12.14;Nuclear Spin Relaxation Studied by b-NMR of 12N Implanted in TiO2;597
12.14.1;1. Introduction;597
12.14.2;2. Experimental;598
12.14.3;3. Temperature dependence of electric .eld gradients;598
12.14.4;4. Nuclear spin relaxation and dynamical behavior of 12N in rutile;599
12.15;NQR Study of Phase Transition and Cationic Motion in 4-NH2C5H4NHBiBr4IH2O;602
12.15.1;1. Introduction;602
12.15.2;2. Experimental;603
12.15.3;3. Results and discussions;603
12.16;Comparative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of As-Grown and Annealed LiInSe2 Ternary Compounds;607
12.16.1;1. Introduction;607
12.16.2;2. Experimental;608
12.16.3;3. Results and discussion;609
12.16.4;4. Conclusion;611
12.17;14N Relaxation Study of 2-Nitrobenzoic Acid;612
12.17.1;1. Introduction;612
12.17.2;2. Experimental;613
12.17.3;3. Results and discussion;615
12.18;NQR, NMR and Crystal Structure Studies of [C(NH2)3]3Sb2Br9;617
12.18.1;1. Introduction;617
12.18.2;2. Experimental;618
12.18.3;3. Results and discussion;619
13;Coherent Phenomena, Synchrotron Radiation, Quantum Optics;623
13.1;MSR Studies in the Progress Towards Diamond Electronics;623
13.1.1;1. Introduction;623
13.1.2;2. Isolated muonium in diamond;625
13.1.3;3. N-H complexes – possible shallow molecular dopants;626
13.1.4;4. Muonium interactions in p-type diamond;627
13.1.5;5. Quantum diffusion of muonium in diamond;627
13.1.6;6. Conclusions;631
13.2;Thin Film, Near-Surface and Multi-Layer Investigations by Low-Energy +SR;633
13.2.1;1. Introduction;633
13.2.2;2. Generation of low-energy polarised positive muons;634
13.2.3;3. Applications;635
13.2.4;4. Outlook;639
14;Nuclear Moments, Nuclear Polarization, Nuclear Models;641
14.1;Quadrupole Moments of Na Isotopes;641
14.1.1;1. Introduction;641
14.1.2;2. Experiment;642
14.1.3;3. Results and discussions;642
14.2;Hyperfine Fields of Sr and Y in Ferromagnetic Hosts, and Magnetic Moment of 93Y;645
14.3;Measurement of the g-Factor of the 27j High-Spin Isomer State of 152Dy;650
14.3.1;1. Introduction;650
14.3.2;2. Experiment;651
14.3.3;3. Discussion;653
14.4;Measurement of the Magnetic Moment of the First Excited State in 93Sr Using On-Line TDPAC Technique;655
14.4.1;1. Introduction;655
14.4.2;2. Source preparation;656
14.4.3;3. Half-life measurement;657
14.4.4;4. TDPAC experiment;657
14.4.5;5. Result and discussion;658
14.5;Magnetic Moment and Spin of the Extremely Proton-Rich Nucleus 23Al;660
14.5.1;1. Introduction;660
14.5.2;2. Experimental procedure;661
14.5.3;3. Results and discussion;662
14.6;Production of Nuclear Polarization of Na Isotopes at ISAC/TRIUMF and its Hyper.ne Interaction;664
14.6.1;1. Introduction;664
14.6.2;2. Experiment;666
14.6.3;3. Results;666
14.7; -Ray Angular Distribution from Purely Nuclear Spin Aligned 20Na;668
14.7.1;1. Introduction;668
14.7.2;2. Experiment;669
14.7.3;3. Result and discussion;671
14.7.4;1. Introduction;672
14.7.5;2. Experiments;673
14.7.6;3. Results and discussion;673
14.8;Nuclear Spin Orientation Created in Heavy Ion Collisions and the Sign of the Q Moment of 13B;676
14.8.1;1. Introduction;676
14.8.2;2. Experimental procedure;677
14.8.3;3. Results and discussion;678
14.9;Magnetic Moment of the 3/2j Ground State of 185W;680
14.9.1;1. Introduction;680
14.9.2;2. Experiment;680
14.9.3;3. Result and discussion;681
14.10;Nuclear Spin Alignments and Alignment Correlation Terms in Mass A = 8 System;684
14.10.1;1. Introduction;684
14.10.2;2. -ray angular distribution;685
14.10.3;3. Experiment;686
15;Investigations in Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine;688
15.1;The Binding of Iron to Perineuronal Nets: A Combined Nuclear Microscopy and Mo¨ssbauer Study;688
15.1.1;1. Introduction;688
15.1.2;2. Experimental;689
15.1.3;3. Results;690
15.1.4;4. Discussion;693
15.2;DFT Study of HFI in Halogen-Containing Gold, Silver and Copper Complexes;695
15.2.1;1. Introduction;695
15.2.2;2. Computational details;697
15.2.3;3. Results and discussion;698
15.3;Atomic Arrangement in B2 FeAl Prepared by Self-Propagated High-Temperature Synthesis at Varying Al Content and Annealing;707
15.3.1;1. Introduction;707
15.3.2;2. Experimental;708
15.3.3;3. Results and discussion;708
15.4;The Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction of 204mPb in Lead Oxides;714
15.4.1;1. Introduction;714
15.4.2;2. Experimental methods and results;715
15.4.3;3. Ab-initio electric field gradient calculations;720
15.4.4;4. Discussion and conclusion;720
15.5;PAC Studies of BSA Conformational Changes;724
15.5.1;1. Introduction;724
15.5.2;2. Samples preparation and experiment;725
15.5.3;3. Results and discussion;727
15.6;In situ 54Mn NMRON Studies of the Mixed Halide Mn(BrXCl1jX)2I4H2O in Applied Magnetic Fields;731
15.6.1;1. Introduction;731
15.6.2;2. Experimental details;732
15.6.3;3. Results and discussion;732
15.7;The Relationship of Mo¨ ssbauer Hyperfine Parameters and Structural Variations of Iron Containing Proteins and Model Compounds in Biomedical Research;736
15.7.1;1. Introduction;736
15.7.2;2. FDrastic_ changes;737
15.7.3;3. FSmall_ changes;738
15.7.4;4. Conclusion;741
15.8;The Features of Mo¨ssbauer Spectra of Hemoglobins: Approximation by Superposition of Quadrupole Doublets or by Quadrupole Splitting Distribution?;743
15.8.1;1. Introduction;743
15.8.2;2. Materials and methods;744
15.8.3;3. Results and discussion;746
15.8.4;4. Conclusion;748
15.9;TDPAC Study of the Hydrogen Uptake Process in HfNi;749
15.9.1;1. Introduction;749
15.9.2;2. Experimental;750
15.9.3;3. Results;750
15.9.4;4. Calculations;753
15.9.5;5. Summary;753
15.10;High Pressure Study of HfNi Crystallographic and Electronic Structure;755
15.10.1;1. Introduction;755
15.10.2;2. Experimental;756
15.10.3;3. Results;756
15.10.4;4. Calculations and discussion;757
15.10.5;5. Summary;760
16;New Directions and Developments in Methodology;761
16.1;Recent Emission Channeling Studies in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors;761
16.1.1;1. Introduction;761
16.1.2;2. Method;763
16.1.3;3. Results;764
16.1.4;4. Conclusions;768
16.2;NMR with Hyperpolarised Protons in Metals;771
16.2.1;1. Introduction;771
16.2.2;2. Experiment and discussion;771
16.2.3;3. Conclusion;774
16.3;A New Generation TDPAC Spectrometer;776
16.3.1;1. Introduction and Description of the Spectrometer;776
16.4;A New High-Intensity, Low-Momentum Muon Beam for the Generation of Low-Energy Muons at PSI;781
16.5;A New Method to Obtain Frequency Offsets in NQR Multi-Pulse Sequences;785
16.5.1;1. Introduction;785
16.5.2;2. Experimental;786
16.5.3;3. Results and discussion;787
16.5.4;4. Conclusions;788
16.6;A New Method of Mo¨ssbauer Spectra Treatment Based on the Method of Self-Organisation of Mathematical Models;790
16.6.1;1. Introduction;790
16.6.2;2. The method and its application;791
16.6.3;3. Summary;795
16.7;Nuclear Spin Maser Oscillation of 129Xe by Means of Optical-Detection Feedback;796
16.7.1;1. Introduction;796
16.7.2;2. Nuclear spin maser with optical spin detection;796
16.7.3;3. Summary and future;799
17;Keyword Index to Volume 159 (2004);801
18;Author Index to Volume 159 (2004);804