Published February 22, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Lattice dynamics calculations and temperature dependence of vibrational modes of ferroelastic Li2TiGeO5

  • 1. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 1410, 50-950 Wroclaw 2 (Poland)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze, Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw (Poland)
  • 3. Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Industry and Economics, Wroclaw University of Economics, 118/120 Komandorska Street, 53-345 Wroclaw (Poland)

Description

Raman and polycrystalline IR spectra were obtained for Li2TiGeO5 and the assignment of the observed bands to the respective internal and external phonons has been proposed on the basis of lattice dynamics calculations. Temperature dependences of Raman- and IR-active phonons are also reported to probe the paraelastic-ferroelastic phase transition that takes place at 233.5 K. This study shows that the phase transition is continuous and that this phase transition leads to significant distortion of the unit cell

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/18/2137/cm6_7_003.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 2137-2147
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL