Disorder-induced Raman scattering in rhenium trioxide (ReO3)

2007

Raman scattering in cubic metallic perovskite (ReO3) was studied at room temperature for well-crystallized monolith, polycrystalline powder and thin film samples. Defect-induced first-order Raman scattering was detected from the sub-surface region, given by the penetration depth of a 633 nm laser, and its origin was explained on the basis of a rigid-ion vibrational model for bulk ReO3. A quenching of the Raman intensity was observed in crystalline monolithic ReO3 upon increasing the temperature up to 250 °C and was related to crystal surface reconstruction/annealing.

Raman study of the phase transitions sequence in pure WO3 at high temperature and in HxWO3 with variable hydrogen content

1999

Abstract An extensive investigation of the temperature dependence of Raman spectra has been carried out on WO 3 powders from room temperature to 800°C. In particular the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition occurring at about 740°C has been studied for the first time. The Raman active mode at 710 cm −1 of the orthorhombic phase disappears from the spectrum at temperature below the phase transition point and the Raman activity in the tetragonal phase results very low. A comparative study of hydrogenated tungsten bronzes H x WO 3 ( x ≤0.23), where the same transition sequence is driven by an increase of the proton concentration from x =0 to 0.23, reveals similar behaviour of the high f…

X-ray-absorption spectroscopy ofNd3+-exchanged β-alumina crystal

1996

The results of x-ray-absorption spectroscopy investigations of ${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ ions in a nearly fully exchanged (93%) sodium \ensuremath{\beta}-alumina crystal are reported. The ${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ local environment is reconstructed using a multishell best fit procedure and is compared with existing structural models. The experimental extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) spectra are also compared with model ab initio FEFF6 calculations based on the x-ray-diffraction data for the ${\mathrm{Nd}}^{3+}$ ions located at the BR(2d) and interstitial A(6h) sites of \ensuremath{\beta}-alumina. Neodymium ions are mainly found near the BR(2d) sites of the conduction plane, where they…

Proton presence and motion in rhenium-oxide films and their application to liquid-crystalline cells

2007

Disordered solid phases, containing appreciable amounts of hydrogen ions, are grown at the surface of rhenium oxide crystals, because of the high reactivity of this compound with ambient moisture. To investigate such phenomena, a comparative study is performed on ground powder and thermally evaporated or sputtered films using x-ray diffraction and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Two types of solid phases were found in the films: HxReO3 distorted perovskite structures, based on corner-sharing ReO6 octahedra as in the bulk crystals, and ordered HReO4 crystalline structures, based on tetrahedral perrhenate ions. The complex impedance measurements on ReO3 films support the hypothesis of mobile hydrog…

Low-temperature polymorphism in tungsten trioxide powders and its dependence on mechanical treatments

1999

The polymorphism of WO3 powder samples, resulting from mild mechanical treatments and from temperature changes between 30 K and room temperature, has been investigated by using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray di⁄raction. A transition from the monoclinic (I) c-phase to the triclinic d-phase after moderate mechanical treatments has been observed for untreated powder, just what happens when the same samples are rapidly cooled to low-temperature. Evidences of the low temperature monoclinic (II) polar e-phase have been found at room temperature in samples after a stronger milling treatment. The sequence of the low-temperature phase transitions appears to be strongly dependent on the mechanical hist…

Characterization of rhenium oxide films and their application to liquid crystal cells

2009

Rhenium trioxide exhibits high electronic conductivity, while its open cubic crystal structure allows an appreciable hydrogen intercalation, generating disordered solid phases, with protonic conductivity. Rhenium oxide thin films have been obtained by thermal evaporation of ReO3 powders on different substrates, maintained at different temperatures, and also by reactive magnetron sputtering of a Re metallic target. A comparative investigation has been carried out on these films, by using micro-Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction. Two basic types of solid phases appear to grow in the films: a red metallic HxReO3 compound, with distorted perovskite structures, like in the bulk material, a…

Magnetic Ion Exchange Interactions in NiO—MgO Solid Solutions

2006

In this work, a review of recent experimental data and their interpretation for NicMg1−c O solid solutions is given. In particular, the influence of exchange interactions between Ni2+ ions on the structural, optical, magnetic, and vibrational properties is discussed.

One‐magnon Raman scattering in Ni c Mg 1–c O solid solutions

2005

The one-magnon Raman scattering was studied for the first time in antiferromagnetic NicMg1–cO solid solutions as a function of temperature and composition. We found that (i) the one-magnon frequency extrapolated to T = 0 K experiences an abrupt change between c = 0.99 and c = 0.9 and (ii) the one-magnon energy for highly diluted nickel oxide vanishes significantly below the Neel temperature. The obtained dependences are compared to the theoretical predictions within the mean field approximation. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

Behavior of one-magnon frequency in antiferromagneticNicMg1−cOsolid solutions

2005

The one-magnon scattering was studied in antiferromagnetic ${\mathrm{Ni}}_{c}{\mathrm{Mg}}_{1\ensuremath{-}c}\mathrm{O}$ solid solutions. We observed unpredicted behavior of both temperature and composition dependences of one-magnon excitation energies. First, the abrupt change of the one-magnon frequency by $7--8\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}{\mathrm{cm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ occurs between $c=0.98$ and $c=0.9$ in the limit of $T\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$. Second, upon increasing temperature, the one-magnon energy for highly diluted nickel oxide vanishes significantly below the N\'eel temperature.

Local Environment of Co2+ Ions in β″-Alumina Crystals

1992