“…The phase composition of the samples was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. According to the literature, for TiO 2 , there exists three crystal forms; the rutile structure has four Raman active modes: A 1g + B 1g + B 2g + E g , which were identified at 143 cm −1 (B 1g ), 447 cm −1 (E g ), 612 cm −1 (A 1g ), and 826 cm −1 (B 2g ); the anatase structure or octahedrite has six Raman active modes: A 1g + 2B 1g + 3E g , identified, respectively, at 144 cm −1 (E g ), 197 cm −1 (E g ), 399 cm −1 (B 1g ), 513 cm −1 (A 1g ), 519 cm −1 (B 1g ), and 639 cm −1 (E g ); and the brookite form which has the larger number of Raman actives modes (9A1g + 9B1g + 9B2g + 9B3g) owing of its lower symmetry and larger unit cell …”