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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02974c
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This study investigates Greek marbles using electron paramagnetic resonance and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, focusing on the structural microenvironment. The results reveal correlations between the EPR parameters of Mn2+ ions and lattice macrostrain, providing insights into the provenance of marbles.
Marbles constitute a significant family of materials, for antiquities, as well as modern constructions. Herein, we have studied Greek marbles, using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopies, focusing on their structural microenvironment. Spin-Hamiltonian parameters derived from EPR spectra of naturally occurring 55Mn2+ (S = 5/2, I = 5/2) atoms in marbles, were studied as structural-probes. EPR data at 300 K provide a library of 55Mn2+ zero-field-splitting parameters (E, D). The effect of temperature (300 up to 700 K) on 55Mn2+-ZFS (E, D) and the strain of the D-tensor (Dstrain) was studied by high-temperature EPR spectroscopy. The EPR data, combined with 13C-ssNMR, provide detailed physicochemical information of the calcite and dolomite crystal phases in the marbles. In parallel, we have analyzed the lattice-microstrain (epsilon 0) of the marbles' crystallites using high-resolution XRD data. Analysis of the correlation between the D-values of Mn2+ centers and (epsilon 0)-XRD, reveals trends that reflect the provenance of the marbles. In this context, we discuss the correlation between the D-values of Mn2+ centers and (epsilon 0)-microstrain as a novel tool to elucidate the provenance of marbles. The provenance of marbles can be probed, based on correlation between the EPR parameter (D) of Mn2+-ions in marbles, and lattice-macrostrain (epsilon 0) of marble crystal, obtained by high-resolution XRD.
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