Vibrational Spectroscopy in Mineralogy and Archaeology
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 8634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: X-ray diffraction; vibrational (infrared and Raman) spectroscopy; materials chemistry; minerals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy are the most widely used and important analytical and indirect structural methods in mineralogy and archaeology. Both techniques are irreplaceable for the identification of minerals since the spectrum obtained is a consequence of the characteristic vibrational motions of the building blocks (atoms, molecules or ions) resulting from their interaction with the probed electromagnetic radiation. Apart from the main use of the techniques for characterization purposes, the spectral information obtained is sufficient to determine the changes in the mineral composition and to deliver quantitative and qualitative results on possible impurities and defects in the minerals. In addition, the spectral results provide information about the compositional order of the mineral and the bond distances.
In addition to these vibrational spectroscopy techniques, a plethora of instrumental techniques for mineral detection, identification, differentiation, and characterization have been developed and are increasingly used in mineralogy and archaeology in recent decades: X-ray diffraction, optical diffuse reflectance, thermal analysis, scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electron microprobe analysis. All of these techniques have their own advantages and shortcomings; therefore, it is highly recommended that they be used in a complementary rather than competitive manner.
This Special Issue, entitled “Vibrational Spectroscopy in Mineralogy and Archaeology”, is intended to highlight the power and dominance of all of the above techniques (and other techniques that have not been mentioned here) used in mineral detection, identification, discrimination, and characterization, with particular attention to the use of infrared or Raman vibrational spectroscopy. We would therefore like to invite authors who are interested in publishing their research papers or reviews in this Special Issue dealing with vibrational spectroscopy of minerals in various structural and analytical fields of mineralogy and archaeology.
Prof. Dr. Gligor Jovanovski
Prof. Dr. Petre Makreski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- minerals
- raman spectroscopy
- infrared spectroscopy
- mineralogy
- archaeology
- mineral identification and characterization
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