Pushing the Polymerization of Benzene to Extreme P-T Conditions

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It is nowadays well assessed that room T compression of benzene, the aromatic archetypal substance, to about 20 GPa leads to form single crystal-like 1D hydrogentated C-nanothreads [1-3]. These materials are made of sp3 C and, consequently, are expected to exhibit diamond-like mechanical properties joined to the high flexibility of polymers. On the other hand, the structure of potential benzene-derived extended materials above these P-T conditions is terra incognita. We propose to investigate by XRD the formation of C-nano-threads and possible related, partially ordered polymers at pressures up to 100 GPa. Also, we will attempt to obtain fully crystalline graphane, the predicted thermodynamic extended phase for 1:1 CH stoichiometry [4], by laser heating compressed benzene between 50 and 100 GPa, up to 1500-2000 K.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-978356309
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/978356309
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Creator Mario SANTORO; Tomasz POREBA; Gaston GARBARINO ORCID logo; Mohamed MEZOUAR; Roberto BINI; Demetrio SCELTA ORCID logo; Samuele FANETTI ORCID logo; Julien HAINES ORCID logo
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2025
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields