Synchrotron Radiation-Based Nuclear Resonant Scattering Applications to Bioinorganic Chemistry

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION-BASED NUCLEAR RESONANT SCATTERING APPLICATIONS TO BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY 

Yisong Guo/ Yoshitaka Yoda/ Xiaowei Zhang/ Yuming Xiao/and Stephen P. Cramer  

Mossbauer Spectroscopy Appiications in Chemistry, Biology, and Nanotechnology, First Edition. Edited by Virender K. Sharma, Gostar Klingelhdfer, and Tetsuaki Nishida. 

Different from conventional Mossbauer spectroscopy, which is an ener gy-domain technique, NFS is a time-domain technique—it monitors the change of the nuclear decay signal from the nuclear excited states as a function of time. The use of SR in a time-domain approach eliminates the source contribution to the spectral linewidth, making the spectral resolution of NFS higher than the conventional Mossbauer. NFS has been applied to many different Mossbauer isotopes, and has been demonstrated as a promising new technique for studies in solid-state physics, materials science, geosciences, thin film, and bioinorganic chemistry [13-16]. 

In this chapter, the application of Fe NFS, Fe SRPAC, and Ni SRPAC to bioinor ganic chemistry will be presented. The unique features of these two SR-based spectroscopic techniques will be discussed. The future development and prospect of these two techniques will be given. 

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