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Mössbauer spectroscopy is based on nuclear resonance involving the emission and absorption of γ radiation.
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The Portuguese National Funding Agency FCT-MCTES through Research Grants POCTI/QUI/37413/2001, POCTI/QUI/47273/2002, POCI/QUI/57475/2004, PTDC/QUI/64248/2006, PTDC/QUI/67142/2006, PTDC/SAU-SAP/111482/2009, PTDC/BIA-PRO/111485/2009, and PTDC/OCE-ETA/32567/2017. This work was also supported by Radiation Biology and Biophysics Doctoral Training Programme (RaBBiT, PD/00193/2010); UID/Multi/04378/2019 (UCIBIO); UID/FIS/00068/2013 (CEFITEC). UID/Multi/04349/2013 (C2TN).
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Waerenborgh, J.C., Tavares, P., Pereira, A.S. (2019). Mössbauer Spectroscopy. In: Pereira, A., Tavares, P., Limão-Vieira, P. (eds) Radiation in Bioanalysis. Bioanalysis, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28247-9_8
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