Zusammenfassung
High pressure Raman scattering experiments were performed on
RbFe(MoO4)(2). These experiments revealed that two phase transitions
take place in RbFe(MoO4)(2) at very low pressures, i.e. between ambient
pressure and 0.2 GPa and between 0.4 and 0.7 GPa. Raman results showed
that at the first phase transition the room temperature P (3) over bar
m1 phase transforms into the P (3) over bar phase, which is also
observed at ambient pressure below 190 K. The second pressure-induced
phase transition occurs into a low symmetry phase of unknown symmetry.
The performed lattice dynamics calculations for the P (3) over bar m1
phase and ab initio calculation of the structural changes under
hydrostatic pressure helped us to get better insights into the mechanism
of the observed phase transitions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved.
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