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    The Raman spectrum of CaCO3 polymorphs calcite and aragonite: A combined experimental and computational study

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    Authors
    De La Pierre, Marco
    Carteret, C.
    Maschio, L.
    Andre, E.
    Orlando, R.
    Dovesi, R.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    De La Pierre, M. and Carteret, C. and Maschio, L. and Andre, E. and Orlando, R. and Dovesi, R. 2014. The Raman spectrum of CaCO3 polymorphs calcite and aragonite: A combined experimental and computational study. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140: Article ID 164509.
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    The Journal of Chemical Physics
    DOI
    10.1063/1.4871900
    ISSN
    10897690
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    Department of Applied Chemistry
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    Copyright 2014 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in De La Pierre, M. and Carteret, C. and Maschio, L. and Andre, E. and Orlando, R. and Dovesi, R. 2014. The Raman spectrum of CaCO3 polymorphs calcite and aragonite: A combined experimental and computational study. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140: Article ID 164509 and may be found at http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871900

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26373
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    Powder and single crystal Raman spectra of the two most common phases of calcium carbonate are calculated with ab initio techniques (using a “hybrid” functional and a Gaussian-type basis set) and measured both at 80 K and room temperature. Frequencies of the Raman modes are in very good agreement between calculations and experiments: the mean absolute deviation at 80 K is 4 and 8 cm−1 for calcite and aragonite, respectively. As regards intensities, the agreement is in general good, although the computed values overestimate the measured ones in many cases. The combined analysis permits to identify almost all the fundamental experimental Raman peaks of the two compounds, with the exception of either modes with zero computed intensity or modes overlapping with more intense peaks. Additional peaks have been identified in both calcite and aragonite, which have been assigned to 18O satellite modes or overtones. The agreement between the computed and measured spectra is quite satisfactory; in particular, simulation permits to clearly distinguish between calcite and aragonite in the case of powder spectra, and among different polarization directions of each compound in the case of single crystal spectra.

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