Raman Microspectroscopy Lab - Applications & Publications

Applications

Some successful applications of Raman spectroscopy in our lab have included:

  • Silicon carbide, diamond-like carbon, and other thin films
  • Hyperspectral mapping of complex hydrated peridotite rocks
  • Measuring radiation damage in zircon and titanite
  • Quantifying cation substitution in minerals
  • Liquid crystal composition and orientation
  • Locating rare earth minerals in carbonatite
  • Measuring silica polymorphs in chalcedony
  • Mapping distributions of carbonate polymorphs
  • Imaging cells and fluorophores
  • Identifying contaminant inclusions in plastics
  • Imaging interfaces in solid-state batteries
  • Characterizing sulfur and sulfate-rich samples

Publications

Templeton, A.S., and Ellison, E.T. (2020) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378, 20180423.

Vitkus, A.R., Chin, K., Kirkland, J.I., Milner, A.R.C., Simpson, E.L., and Ellison, E.T. (2020) PALAIOS, 35, 77–93.

Ozvat, T.M., Peña, M.E., and Zadrozny, J.M. (2019) Chemical Science 10, 6727-6734.

Mayhew, L.E., Ellison, E.T., Miller, H.M., Kelemen, P.B., and Templeton, A.S. (2018) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 222, 704–728.

Black, S.R., and Hynek, B.M. (2017) Icarus 307, 235-259.

Hens P., Brow R., Robinson H., Cromar M. and Van Zeghbroeck B. (2017) Thin Solid Films 635, 48–52.

Miller H. M., Mayhew L. E., Ellison E. T., Kelemen P., Kubo M. and Templeton A. S. (2017) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 209, 161–183.

Johnson J. E., Flowers R. M., Baird G. B. and Mahan K. H. (2017) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 466, 80–90.

Baughman J. S., Flowers R. M., Metcalf J. R. and Dhansay T. (2017) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 205, 50–64.

Miller H. M., Matter J. M., Kelemen P., Ellison E. T., Conrad M. E., Fierer N., Ruchala T., Tominaga M. and Templeton A. S. (2016) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 179, 217–241.

Zhang L., Smyth J. R., Allaz J., Kawazoe T., Jacobsen S. D. and Jin Z. (2016) American Mineralogist 101, 2322–2330.

Cosmidis J. and Templeton A. S. (2016) Nature Communications 7, 12812.

Introductory Resources

Pasteris, J. D. and Beyssac, O., Eds. (2020) Elements 16(2). Mineralogical Society of America.

Dubessy, J., Caumon, M. C., and Rull, F., Eds. (2012). EMU Notes in Mineralogy 12. The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Zoubir, A., Ed. (2012) Springer Series in Optical Sciences 168. Springer.