Raman scattering and optical birefringence are used in to investigate a low-temperature phase transition in a single crystal of the two-dimensional . Phonon anomalies point to a first-order nature of the transition. The observed transition is most probably related to an order-disorder transition of the Rb ion positions along the axis within the ionic framework of mixed alkali metal chloride lattices.
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