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Reply to “Comment on “Effect of Chromium Substitution on Lattice Vibration of Spinel Lithium Manganate: A New Interpretation of Raman Spectrum of LiMn2O4” Seong-Ju Hwang* and Dae-Hoon Park DiVision of Nano Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans UniVersity, Seoul 120-750, Korea ReceiVed: December 8, 2004 We would like to thank Paolone, A. et al. for their valuable comment on our recent paper (J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 12713). We would like to clarify the following points raised in the comment. (1) Thermal decomposition of spinel compound by laser radiation. As described in the original paper, we have examined carefully the sample surface before and after each Raman measurement in order to rule out the possibility of the sample degradation. During the experiments with a relatively weak laser power (
