Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

E Gregoryanz; C Sanloup; M Somayazulu; J Badro; G Fiquet; HK Mao; RJ Hemley

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Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

E Gregoryanz^*, C Sanloup, M Somayazulu, J Badro, G Fiquet, HK Mao, RJ Hemley

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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There has been considerable interest in the synthesis of new nitrides because of their technological and fundamental importance(1,2). Although numerous metals react with nitrogen there are no known binary nitrides of the noble metals. We report the discovery and characterization of platinum nitride (PtN), the first binary nitride of the noble metals group. This compound can be formed above 45-50 GPa and temperatures exceeding 2,000 K, and is stable after quenching to room pressure and temperature. It is characterized by a very high Raman-scattering cross-section with easily observed second- and third-order Raman bands. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction shows that the new phase is cubic with a remarkably high bulk modulus of 372 (+/-5) GPa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-297
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Materials
Volume	3
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1115
Publication status	Published - May 2004

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HIGH-PRESSURE
STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES
TRANSITION
PHASE
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SPINEL
TEMPERATURES
NITROGEN
PLATINUM
FILMS

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