Thermodynamic routes to novel metastable nitrogen-rich nitrides

W Sun, A Holder, B Orvañanos, E Arca… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Compared to oxides, the nitrides are relatively unexplored, making them a promising
chemical space for novel materials discovery. Of particular interest are nitrogen-rich nitrides …

High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re2(N2)(N)2 stable at ambient conditions

M Bykov, S Chariton, H Fei, T Fedotenko… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
High-pressure synthesis in diamond anvil cells can yield unique compounds with advanced
properties, but often they are either unrecoverable at ambient conditions or produced in …

High‐Pressure Synthesis of a Nitrogen‐Rich Inclusion Compound ReN8x N2 with Conjugated Polymeric Nitrogen Chains

M Bykov, E Bykova, E Koemets… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A nitrogen‐rich compound, ReN8⋅ x N2, was synthesized by a direct reaction between
rhenium and nitrogen at high pressure and high temperature in a laser‐heated diamond …

Nitrogen-rich Ce–N compounds under high pressure

YY Wang, S Liu, SC Lu, Y Li, Z Yao - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Four high-pressure N-rich compounds (Pmn21-CeN7, Amm2-CeN9, P-CeN10, and P-II-
CeN10) are proposed using first-principles calculations. Novel polymeric units (a heart …

Nitrogen concentration driving the hardness of rhenium nitrides

Z Zhao, K Bao, D Li, D Duan, F Tian, X Jin, C Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2014 - nature.com
The structures and properties of rhenium nitrides are studied with density function based first
principle method. New candidate ground states or high-pressure phases at Re: N ratios of 3 …

First-principles structural design of superhard material of ZrB 4

X Zhang, J Qin, X Sun, Y Xue, M Ma… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Using the first-principles calypso algorithm for crystal structure prediction, we have predicted
two orthorhombic Cmcm and Amm2 structures of ZrB4, which are energetically much …

Exploring the real ground-state structures of molybdenum dinitride

S Yu, B Huang, X Jia, Q Zeng, AR Oganov… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum dinitride (MoN2) was recently synthesized at a moderate pressure of 3.5 GPa,
and a layered MoS2-type structure has been proposed. However, our first-principles …

Volatile rhenium (I) compounds with Re–N bonds and their conversion into oriented rhenium nitride films by magnetic field-assisted vapor phase deposition

M Frank, L Jürgensen, J Leduc, D Stadler… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
New heteroleptic rhenium (I) compounds,[fac-Re (I)(CO) 3 (L)](eg, L= tfb-dmpda,(N, N-(4, 4,
4-trifluorobut-1-en-3-on)-dimethyl propylene diamine)), containing anionic and neutral …

High-Pressure Coupling Reactions to Produce a Spherical Bulk RexN/Fe3N Composite

H Zhang, B Wu, J Liu, Z Liu, FS Boi, D He… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a novel high-pressure coupling (HPC) reaction that couples the nitridation of Re
with high-pressure solid-state metathesis (HPSSM) of Fe3N to produce a spherical bulk Re x …

Ultra-incompressibility and high energy density of ReN8 with infinite nitrogen chains

L Wu, P Zhou, Y Li, B Wan, S Sun, J Xu, J Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Nitrogen-rich transition metal nitrides are of great interests due to the unique physical and
chemical properties. Here, we perform a detailed structural investigation of ReN 8 in the …