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Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions

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  • El Mostafa Benchafia

    (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • Zhenhua Yao

    (Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • Gu Yuan

    (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • Tsengmin Chou

    (Stevens Institute of Technology)

  • Hong Piao

    (Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, General Electric Co.)

  • Xianqin Wang

    (Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

  • Zafar Iqbal

    (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Abstract

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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  • El Mostafa Benchafia & Zhenhua Yao & Gu Yuan & Tsengmin Chou & Hong Piao & Xianqin Wang & Zafar Iqbal, 2017. "Cubic gauche polymeric nitrogen under ambient conditions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-01083-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01083-5
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