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) Formation and loss of metastable brucite: does Fe(II)-bearing brucite support microbial activity in serpentinizing ecosystems? 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) Unusual fossiliferous concretions from lacustrine deposits in the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation in St. George, Utah, USA: Implications for ancient fish mass mortalities. PALAIOS, 35, 77–93.
Ozvat, T.M., Peña, M.E., and Zadrozny, J.M. (2019) Influence of ligand encapsulation on cobalt-59 chemical-shift thermometry. Chemical Science 10, 6727-6734.
Mayhew, L.E., Ellison, E.T., Miller, H.M., Kelemen, P.B., and Templeton, A.S. (2018) Iron transformations during low temperature alteration of variably serpentinized rocks from the Samail ophiolite, Oman. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 222, 704–728.
Black, S.R., and Hynek, B.M. (2017) Characterization of terrestrial hydrothermal alteration products with Mars analog instrumentation: Implications for current and future rover investigations. Icarus 307, 235-259.
Hens P., Brow R., Robinson H., Cromar M. and Van Zeghbroeck B. (2017) Epitaxial growth of cubic silicon carbide on silicon using hot filament chemical vapor deposition. Thin Solid Films 635, 48–52.
Miller H. M., Mayhew L. E., Ellison E. T., Kelemen P., Kubo M. and Templeton A. S. (2017) Low temperature hydrogen production during experimental hydration of partially-serpentinized dunite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 209, 161–183.
Johnson J. E., Flowers R. M., Baird G. B. and Mahan K. H. (2017) “Inverted” zircon and apatite (U–Th)/He dates from the Front Range, Colorado: High-damage zircon as a low-temperature (<50 °C) thermochronometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 466, 80–90.
Baughman J. S., Flowers R. M., Metcalf J. R. and Dhansay T. (2017) Influence of radiation damage on titanite He diffusion kinetics. 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) Modern water/rock reactions in Oman hyperalkaline peridotite aquifers and implications for microbial habitability. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 179, 217–241.
Zhang L., Smyth J. R., Allaz J., Kawazoe T., Jacobsen S. D. and Jin Z. (2016) Transition metals in the transition zone: Crystal chemistry of minor element substitution in wadsleyite. American Mineralogist 101, 2322–2330.
Cosmidis J. and Templeton A. S. (2016) Self-assembly of biomorphic carbon/sulfur microstructures in sulfidic environments. Nature Communications 7, 12812.
Introductory Resources
Pasteris, J. D. and Beyssac, O., Eds. (2020) Raman Spectroscopy in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Elements 16(2). Mineralogical Society of America.
Dubessy, J., Caumon, M. C., and Rull, F., Eds. (2012). Raman spectroscopy applied to earth sciences and cultural heritage. EMU Notes in Mineralogy 12. The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.