Phase progression via phonon modes in lanthanide dioxides under pressure |
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| Institution: | 1. Nuclear Engineering & Nonproliferation Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA;2. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA;3. Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA;4. Sigma Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA;5. Civilian Nuclear Energy Programs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA |
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| Abstract: | The present paper reports the phase progression in nano-crystalline oxides PrO2 and CeO2 up to pressures of 49 GPa and 35 GPa, respectively, investigated via in situ Raman spectroscopy at room temperature. The samples were characterized at ambient conditions using X-ray diffraction (XRD), AFM, and Raman spectroscopy and were found to be cubic with fluorite structure. With an increase in applied pressure the cubic bands were seen to steadily shift to higher wavenumbers for both the samples. However, we observed the appearance of a number of new peaks around a pressure of about 34.7 GPa in CeO2 and 33 GPa in PrO2 which were characteristic of an orthorhombic α-PbCl2 type structure. The mode Gruneisen parameters for both the phases were obtained from the pressure dependence of frequency shifts. On decompression, the high pressure phase existed down to a total release of pressure. |
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| Keywords: | High pressure Phase transitions Raman spectroscopy |
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