Carbon nitride nanothread crystals derived from pyridine

Xiang Li, Tao Wang, Pu Duan, Maria Baldini, Haw Tyng Huang, Bo Chen, Stephen J. Juhl, Daniel Koeplinger, Vincent H. Crespi, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Roald Hoffmann, Nasim Alem, Malcolm Guthrie, Xin Zhang, John V. Badding

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Abstract

Carbon nanothreads are a new one-dimensional sp3 carbon nanomaterial. They assemble into hexagonal crystals in a room temperature, nontopochemical solid-state reaction induced by slow compression of benzene to 23 GPa. Here we show that pyridine also reacts under compression to form a well-ordered sp3 product: C5NH5 carbon nitride nanothreads. Solid pyridine has a different crystal structure from solid benzene, so the nontopochemical formation of low-dimensional crystalline solids by slow compression of small aromatics may be a general phenomenon that enables chemical design of properties. The nitrogen in the carbon nitride nanothreads may improve processability, alters photoluminescence, and is predicted to reduce the bandgap.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4969-4972
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume140
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 18 2018
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We acknowledge the Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center, funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DE-SC0001057). Samples were synthesized at the Spallation Neutrons and Pressure beamline (SNAP) at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the High-Pressure Neutron Diffractometer beamline (PLANET) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. X-ray diffraction was performed at the High-Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT) beamlines 16 BM-D and 16 ID-B at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory. HPCAT is supported by DOE-NNSA (DE-NA0007), with partial instrumentation support from the National Science Foundation. We thank C. Park and H. We acknowledge the Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center, funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DE-SC0001057). Samples were synthesized at the Spallation Neutrons and Pressure beamline (SNAP) at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the High-Pressure Neutron Diffractometer beamline (PLANET) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. X-ray diffraction was performed at the High-Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT) beamlines 16 BM-D and 16 ID-B at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory. HPCAT is supported by DOE-NNSA (DE-NA0007), with partial instrumentation support from the National Science Foundation. We thank C. Park and H. Yennawar for assistance with APS and laboratory X-ray diffraction respectively.

FundersFunder number
DOE-NNSADE-NA0007
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of ScienceDE-SC0001057
Argonne National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Science Foundation

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