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EnglishA comparative study of low-temperature specific heat (1.5–25 K), Cp, and low-frequency Raman scattering (<150 cm−1) has been performed in amorphous silica samples synthesized by sol–gel method (xerogels) and thermally densified in a range of densities, from to , close to the density of the melt quenched vitreous silica (v-SiO2). The present analysis concerns the application of the low-energy vibrational dynamics as an appropriate tool for monitoring the progressive thermal densification of silica gels. By comparison with v-SiO2, the Raman and thermal properties of xerogels with increasing thermal treatment temperature revealed the following important results: (i) the existence of a critical treatment temperature at about 870°C, where a homogeneous viscous sintering produces full densification of the samples. This effect is detected by the observations of the Boson peak in Raman spectra at about and of a peak in Cp(T)/T3, very close to those observed in v-SiO2; (ii) in silica xerogels treated at temperatures less than about 800°C, the low-frequency Raman scattering is greater, with a continuous decreasing unstructured shape, and the Boson peak is not detected in the spectra.
| Titolo: | A study of Raman spectroscopy and low temperature specific heat in gel synthetized amorphous silica |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2001 |
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| Abstract: | A comparative study of low-temperature specific heat (1.5–25 K), Cp, and low-frequency Raman scattering (<150 cm−1) has been performed in amorphous silica samples synthesized by sol–gel method (xerogels) and thermally densified in a range of densities, from to , close to the density of the melt quenched vitreous silica (v-SiO2). The present analysis concerns the application of the low-energy vibrational dynamics as an appropriate tool for monitoring the progressive thermal densification of silica gels. By comparison with v-SiO2, the Raman and thermal properties of xerogels with increasing thermal treatment temperature revealed the following important results: (i) the existence of a critical treatment temperature at about 870°C, where a homogeneous viscous sintering produces full densification of the samples. This effect is detected by the observations of the Boson peak in Raman spectra at about and of a peak in Cp(T)/T3, very close to those observed in v-SiO2; (ii) in silica xerogels treated at temperatures less than about 800°C, the low-frequency Raman scattering is greater, with a continuous decreasing unstructured shape, and the Boson peak is not detected in the spectra. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11570/1078 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 14.a.1 Articolo su rivista |
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