Vibrational spectroscopy of LaBSiO5 glass and glass–crystal composites

Abstract Infrared (IR) reflectivity and Raman scattering spectra of LaBSiO 5 glass and glass–crystal composites were studied in the temperature range 25–260 °C. Using an analogy with the LaBGeO 5 crystal it was possible to assign the main spectral features of the LaBSiO 5 glass and glass–crystal composites. The BO 4 chain arrangement and the bending vibrations of SiO 4 are influenced by the loss of the long-range order in the glass whereas the stretching vibrations of the SiO 4 groups are practically unaffected. The structural disorder in LaBSiO 5 crystallites is caused by rotation of BO 4 tetrahedra.