@article{c243c805e692458390b1c7b8f10e8e44,
title = "Carbon nitride nanothread crystals derived from pyridine",
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.",
author = "Xiang Li and Tao Wang and Pu Duan and Maria Baldini and Huang, {Haw Tyng} and Bo Chen and Juhl, {Stephen J.} and Daniel Koeplinger and Crespi, {Vincent H.} and Klaus Schmidt-Rohr and Roald Hoffmann and Nasim Alem and Malcolm Guthrie and Xin Zhang and Badding, {John V.}",
note = "Funding Information: 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. Funding Information: 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. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1021/jacs.7b13247",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "140",
pages = "4969--4972",
journal = "Journal of the American Chemical Society",
issn = "0002-7863",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "15",
}