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Raman spectra have been recorded for as-consolidated nanophase TiO2 samples with differing grain sizes and on samples annealed in air at a variety of temperatures up to 1273 K. The nanophase samples with the smallest grain size, about 12 nm average diameter, could have 15-30% of their atoms in grain boundaries; nevertheless, the strong Raman-active lines representative of the rutile structure were found to dominate all of the observed spectra, independent of grain size and annealing treatment. These lines were quite broad in the as-consolidated nanophase samples, equally in 12 nm and 100 nm grain-size compacts, but sharpened considerably upon annealing at elevated temperatures. The Raman data give no indication of grain-boundary structures in nanophase TiO2 that are significantly different from those in conventional polycrystals. However, defect structures within the grains, which anneal out at elevated temperatures, are evidenced by changes in the Raman spectra.
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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, BES-Materials Sciences, under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38.
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Melendres, C.A., Narayanasamy, A., Maroni, V.A. et al. Study of Nanophase TiO2 Grain Boundaries by Raman Spectroscopy. MRS Online Proceedings Library 153, 21–26 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-153-21
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