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A comparative study of negative thermal expansion materials Sc-2(MoO4)(3) and Al-2(WO4)(3) crystals

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VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, 44 (1): 69-77 (2007)
DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2006.08.006

Abstract

Polarized Raman spectra and polycrystalline spectra of isomorphous Sc-2(MoO4)(3) and Al-2(WO4)(3) crystals have been measured at room temperature and ambient pressure. Some Raman spectra Of Sc-2(MoO4)(3) were taken at different values of pressures in the range of 0.0-3.0 GPa. Lattice dynamics calculations have been performed on the orthorhombic phase (ambient phase) of these materials using a rigid ion model in order to calculate the phonon frequencies at the Brillouin zone Center (k = 0). The calculated results fit qualitatively well the Raman spectra observed in these materials at room temperature and ambient pressure, and allowed us to establish their Raman signature. A higher coupling among the modes of the Al-2(WO4)(3) material compared with Sc-2(MoO4)(3) material was observed. The pressure dependent studies revealed that the 362 and 433 cm(-1) modes of Sc-2(MoO4)(3) and Al-2(WO4)(3), respectively, exhibit unusually high awlaP values. The presence of these unstable modes in both materials is probably related to the mechanism of the phase transition from the monoclinic high-pressure phase to the unknown phase of lower symmetry. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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