Infrared- and Raman-active phonons of magnetite, maghemite, and hematite: a computer simulation and spectroscopic study.

Magnetite, maghemite, and hematite have been the subject of numerous studies using vibration spectroscopy to determine their infrared- and Raman-active phonons. However, no complete and unambiguous set of experimentally observed optically active phonons has yet been reported for these iron oxides. The use of atomistic simulation methods with a transferable Buckingham potential provides new data for the phonon densities of states of magnetite and the two associated phases, hematite and maghemite.