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How is Mossbauer spectroscopy used in bioinorganic chemistry?

Mossbauer spectroscopy has been widely applied to bioinorganic chemistry, especially for the study of iron-containing proteins and enzymes. Often the technique is used to determine the oxidation state of iron. Examples of prominent iron-containing biomolecules are iron-sulfur proteins, ferritin, and hemes including the cytochromes.

When did Johannes Mössbauer become a scientist?

After passing his intermediate exams Mössbauer began working on his thesis and doctorate work in 1955, while working as an assistant lecturer at Institute for Mathematics. In 1958 at the age of 28 Mössbauer graduated, and also showed experimental evidence for recoilless resonant absorption in the nucleus, later to be called the Mössbauer Effect.

What is Mössbauer effect?

This effect, discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer (sometimes written "Moessbauer", German: "Mößbauer") in 1958, consists of the nearly recoil -free emission and absorption of nuclear gamma rays in solids. The consequent nuclear spectroscopy method is exquisitely sensitive to small changes in the chemical environment of certain nuclei.

How can vibrational spectroscopy detect 57 Fe-enriched biomolecules?

Vibrational spectra of 57 Fe-enriched biomolecules can be acquired using nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS), in which the sample is scanned through a range of synchrotron-generated X-rays, centered at the Mössbauer absorbance frequency.