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The radio frequency plasma synthesis of nitrogen clusters stabilized on carbon nanotube sheets has been demonstrated under various conditions. Characterization of the samples produced has been carried out using micro-Raman and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Initial investigations of the sample morphologies and compositions have also been performed using scanning electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive x-ray analysis and transmission electron microscopy. The spectroscopic results, together with density functional theory calculations, suggest that a linear chain nitrogen cluster is formed under the plasma conditions employed and is stabilized most likely inside the walls of the carbon nanotubes that are used as substrates during the synthesis.
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The authors thank ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey Institute of Technology, CarboMet LLC for support; and Drs. Rajen Patel (ARDEC) and Alex Chou (Stevens Institute of Technology) for the TEM characterization. The work was supported in part by an NSF CBET 1231682 grant and thanks are due to Professor Xianqin Wang for extensive discussions.
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Benchafia, E.M., Yu, C., Sosnowski, M. et al. Plasma Synthesis of Nitrogen Clusters on Carbon Nanotube Sheets. JOM 66, 608–615 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-0945-8
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