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Local Electronic Structures of $SiO_2$ Polymorph Crystals: Insights from O K-edge Energy-Loss Near-Edge Spectroscopy

산소 K-전자껍질 에너지-손실 흡수끝-부근 구조 양자계산을 이용한 $SiO_2$ 동질이상 광물의 전자구조 연구

  • Yi, Yoo-Soo (Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Sung-Keun (Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • 이유수 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부) ;
  • 이성근 (서울대학교 지구환경과학부)
  • Received : 2010.12.10
  • Accepted : 2010.12.21
  • Published : 2010.12.30
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Abstract

Essentials of understanding the geochemical evolution and geophysical processes in Earth's system are macroscopic properties and atomistic (and electronic) structures of Earth materials. Recent advances in quantum calculations based on the density functional theory allow us to unveil the previously unknown details of local atomic structures in diverse silicates in Earth's interior. Here, we report the O K-edge ELNES (energy-loss near-edge structure; ELNES) spectra and PLDOS (partial local density of states) for oxygen atoms in ${\alpha}$-quartz and stishovite using the quantum calculations based on FP-LAPW (full potential linearized augmented plane wave). The calculated O K-edge ELNES spectrum of ${\alpha}$-quartz shows a strong peak at ~538 eV due to comer-sharing oxygen linking two $SiO_4$ tetrahedra and that for stishovite shows two distinct peaks at ~537 and ~543 eV corresponding to edge-sharing oxygen linking $SiO_6$ octahedra. The significant differences in spectral features of O K-edge ELNES spectra suggest that the O K-edge features can be useful indicator to distinguish various oxygen sites in diverse crystal and amorphous silicates in the Earth's interior.

지구물질의 거시적 성질로부터 지구시스템 진화의 실마리를 찾을 수 있으며, 이런 거시적인 물성은 지구물질의 원자구조에 의하여 결정되기 때문에 지구물질의 원자구조(즉, 전자구조)를 파악하는 것은 지구시스템의 현상의 이해에 매우 중요하다. 지구내부의 잘 알려지지 않은 물질들의 원자구조를 규명하기 위하여 최근에는 범밀도함수 이론에 기반한 양자계산이 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 온-포텐셜 선형화 보충 평면파가 이용된 양자계산을 통해 저온석영과 스티쇼바이트에 대한 산소원자 K-전자껍질 에너지-손실 흡수끝-부근 구조(energy-loss near-edge structure; ELNES) 스펙트럼과 각 전자 오비탈에 대한 국소상태밀도(partial local density of states; PLDOS)를 계산하였다. 산소원자 K-전자껍질 ELNES 스펙트럼은 저온석영과 스티쇼바이트의 결정구조에 따라서, 저온석영에서는 ~538 eV에서 세기가 강한 피크가 나타나고 스티쇼바이트에서는 ~537과 ~543 eV에 강한 피크가 나타난다. 이와 같은 결정구조에 따른 산소원자 K-전자껍질 ELNES 스펙트럼의 차이는 지구내부 다양한 결정질과 비결정질 규산염 물질의 산소원자 주변의 환경을 파악하는 중요한 지표로 이용될 수 있다.

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