Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions

Polymeric phases of nitrogen are promising as environmentally-friendly, high energy-density materials, but are inherently unstable. Here, the authors report the synthesis and stabilization of polymeric nitrogen in its cubic gauche phase under near-ambient conditions, via plasma-enhanced chemical vap...

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Main Authors: El Mostafa Benchafia, Zhenhua Yao, Gu Yuan, Tsengmin Chou, Hong Piao, Xianqin Wang, Zafar Iqbal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5
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Summary:Polymeric phases of nitrogen are promising as environmentally-friendly, high energy-density materials, but are inherently unstable. Here, the authors report the synthesis and stabilization of polymeric nitrogen in its cubic gauche phase under near-ambient conditions, via plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition.
ISSN:2041-1723