The existence of thermally-activated quasiparticles in amphiboles is an important issue, as
amphiboles are among the main hydrous complex silicate minerals in the Earth's …

Amphiboles are essential components of the continental crust and subduction zones
showing anomalous anisotropic conductivity. Rock properties depend on the physical …

Anomalous high-conductivity layers are typical of subduction zones, the largest recycling
systems of the Earth. Understanding the mineral physics underlying the high conductivity of …

Knowledge of the electronic band structure of multiferroic oxides, crucial for the
understanding and tuning of photoinduced effects, remains very limited even in the model …

Elucidating the high-temperature behavior of rock-forming minerals such as amphiboles
(AB2C5 T8O22W2) is critical for the understanding of large-scale geological processes in …

Resonance Raman spectroscopy was applied to doped PbSc 0.5 Ta 0.5 O 3 and PbSc 0.5
Nb 0.5 O 3 relaxor ferroelectrics, to better understand the effect of composition disorder on …

The temperature evolution of the Raman scattering of Pb1− xBi4+ xTi4− xMnxO15 (x= 0.2
and 0.4) on cooling from 850 to 140–130 K was studied in order to elucidate the effect of B …

Anomalous high-conductivity layers (HCL) are typical of subduction zones, the largest
recycling systems of our planet. Understanding the underlying physics of rock high …

[en] With the introduction of ferroic oxides into the research field of photovoltaic and
photocatalytic applications, an increasing interest in understanding the coupling …

The work of this thesis stands in the framework of the understanding of multiferroics and light
induced effects in these materials, more specifically in rare-earth and bismuth ferrites. Iron …