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Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions
The long-sought cubic gauche phase of polymeric nitrogen (cg-PN) with nitrogen-nitrogen single bonds has been synthesized together with a related phase by a radio-frequency plasma reaction under near-ambient conditions. Here, we report the synthesis of polymeric nitrogen using a mixture of nitrogen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29030605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5 |
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author | Benchafia, El Mostafa Yao, Zhenhua Yuan, Gu Chou, Tsengmin Piao, Hong Wang, Xianqin Iqbal, Zafar |
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description | The long-sought cubic gauche phase of polymeric nitrogen (cg-PN) with nitrogen-nitrogen single bonds has been synthesized together with a related phase by a radio-frequency plasma reaction under near-ambient conditions. Here, we report the synthesis of polymeric nitrogen using a mixture of nitrogen and argon flowing over bulk β-sodium azide or β-sodium azide dispersed on 100 nm long multiwall carbon nanotubes. The cg-PN phase is identified by Raman and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction. The synthesis of the cubic gauche allotrope of high energy density polymeric nitrogen under near-ambient conditions should therefore enable its optimized production and applications as a “green” energetic material and a potential catalyst for different chemical reactions. |
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spelling | pubmed-56406042017-10-18 Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions Benchafia, El Mostafa Yao, Zhenhua Yuan, Gu Chou, Tsengmin Piao, Hong Wang, Xianqin Iqbal, Zafar Nat Commun Article The long-sought cubic gauche phase of polymeric nitrogen (cg-PN) with nitrogen-nitrogen single bonds has been synthesized together with a related phase by a radio-frequency plasma reaction under near-ambient conditions. Here, we report the synthesis of polymeric nitrogen using a mixture of nitrogen and argon flowing over bulk β-sodium azide or β-sodium azide dispersed on 100 nm long multiwall carbon nanotubes. The cg-PN phase is identified by Raman and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction. The synthesis of the cubic gauche allotrope of high energy density polymeric nitrogen under near-ambient conditions should therefore enable its optimized production and applications as a “green” energetic material and a potential catalyst for different chemical reactions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5640604/ /pubmed/29030605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Benchafia, El Mostafa Yao, Zhenhua Yuan, Gu Chou, Tsengmin Piao, Hong Wang, Xianqin Iqbal, Zafar Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title | Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title_full | Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title_fullStr | Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title_full_unstemmed | Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title_short | Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
title_sort | cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29030605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5 |
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