Structural transformation of molecular nitrogen to a single-bonded atomic state at high pressures

2004 ◽  
Vol 121 (22) ◽  
pp. 11296 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Eremets ◽  
A. G. Gavriliuk ◽  
N. R. Serebryanaya ◽  
I. A. Trojan ◽  
D. A. Dzivenko ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1196 ◽  
pp. 691-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Ma ◽  
Jinpeng Wang ◽  
Diandian Zhai ◽  
Lina Hao ◽  
Congming Ma ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Stevens ◽  
Carl B. Agee ◽  
Charles M. Lieber

ABSTRACTThe composition and properties of the sp2-bonded carbon nitride precursor paracyanogen (pCN) has been studied at high pressures and temperatures. Paracyanogen decomposes to carbon and molecular nitrogen with the decomposition temperature increasing with pressure over the range of 3 to 19 GPa. Prior to decomposition, pCN can be transformed to an atmospheric-pressure quenchable phase that is more than 25% higher in density and over an order of magnitude harder than the starting material. Structural analysis of this quenchable phase shows, however, that it consists of a sp2-bonded network. In addition, the decomposition kinetics of paracyanogen have been studied in detail. Rapid, self-propagating decomposition occurs above a threshold temperature. Below this, decomposition rates exhibit an Arrhenius behavior with activation energy and volume of 2.7 eV and 3.9 Å3, respectively The decomposition rates depend on the nitrogen density and decrease significantly with lower nitrogen concentration. Kinetic effects favoring a graphite-like, sp2-bonded structure may preclude the high-pressure synthesis of superhard, sp3-bonded carbon nitride solids below their thermodynamic stability limit, unless an optimally designed precursor is employed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Laniel ◽  
Bjoern Winkler ◽  
Egor Koemets ◽  
Timofey Fedotenko ◽  
Maxim Bykov ◽  
...  

Abstract The synthesis of polynitrogen compounds is of fundamental importance due to their potential as environmentally-friendly high energy density materials. Attesting to the intrinsic difficulties related to their formation, only three polynitrogen ions, bulk stabilized as salts, are known. Here, magnesium and molecular nitrogen are compressed to about 50 GPa and laser-heated, producing two chemically simple salts of polynitrogen anions, MgN4 and Mg2N4. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals infinite anionic polythiazyl-like 1D N-N chains in the crystal structure of MgN4 and cis-tetranitrogen N44− units in the two isosymmetric polymorphs of Mg2N4. The cis-tetranitrogen units are found to be recoverable at atmospheric pressure. Our results respond to the quest for polynitrogen entities stable at ambient conditions, reveal the potential of employing high pressures in their synthesis and enrich the nitrogen chemistry through the discovery of other nitrogen species, which provides further possibilities to design improved polynitrogen arrangements.


1998 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 787-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hanfland ◽  
M. Lorenzen ◽  
C. Wassilew-Reul ◽  
F. Zontone

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Efthimiopoulos ◽  
K. Kunc ◽  
S. Karmakar ◽  
K. Syassen ◽  
M. Hanfland ◽  
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