Abstract
Single crystals of the Na2ThF6 hexafluor metallate were studied by
polarized infrared reflectivity and Raman scattering. This compound
belongs to the P321 (D-3(2)) space group and, contrary to most of the
members of A(2)MX(6) family, it is not characterized by ThF62- polyhedra
but by trigonal tricapped prisms. Raman and infrared spectra were
analyzed based on the factor group analysis and all the phonons at the
Brillouin zone center were determined. Directional dispersion branches
of the polar modes were calculated and used to identify polarization
leaks and mixed excitations. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.
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