In-beam Mössbauer spectra of 57Mn implanted into lithium aluminum hydride.

In-beam Mössbauer spectra of 57Mn implanted into LiAlH4 were measured at different temperatures between 17 and 300 K. The Mössbauer spectrum measured at 17 K showed two sets of doublets, which were assigned to 57Fe atoms at substitutional sites at Al3+ and Li+ sites. The Debye temperatures θM for the 57Fe atoms at Al3+-substituted and Li+-substituted sites were estimated to be 194 K and 117 K, respectively. The assignments were confirmed by density functional theory calculations.

Iron(II) and 1,1,1-Tris(2-pyridyl)nonadecane Complex Showing an Order-Disorder-Type Structural Transition and Spin-Crossover Synchronized over Both Conformers.

The title compound (Me4N)[Fe{(2-py)3C- n-C18H37}(NCS)3] having a C18 chain underwent spin-crossover (SCO). There are two crystallographically independent molecules in a triclinic cell at 100 K but only one in a monoclinic cell at 300 K. The complex showed a gradual one-step SCO in the same temperature region as that of the structural transition. The SCO is supported with the 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The molecules are differentiated on cooling, but the SCO was synchronized.