A facile route to thin films of zinc carbodiimide using aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition
A facile route to thin films of zinc carbodiimide using aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition
There has been a resurgence of interest in metal carbodiimides in recent years and in this paper we present a route to the synthesis of one of these phases, zinc carbodiimide, previously known as zinc cyanamide, in the form of a sub-micrometer thin film, using aerosol-assisted (AA)CVD from a solution of zinc acetate and urea in methanol, with the carbodiimide ion being formed from the decomposition of the urea molecule. Thin film synthesis is achieved over a deposition temperature range 375???500?°C, with a minimum ratio of urea to zinc acetate of 2:1 and a maximum of 5:1 established as viable for film formation. This work presents the first example of the synthesis of a ZnNCN thin film, or indeed any metal carbodiimide thin film, using a CVD technique.
chemical vapour deposition, thin film, zinc cyanmide, zinc carbodiimide, aerosol assisted
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Hyett, Geoff
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Kaye, Karl
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Grantham, William
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Hyett, Geoff
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Kaye, Karl
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Grantham, William
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Hyett, Geoff, Kaye, Karl and Grantham, William
(2015)
A facile route to thin films of zinc carbodiimide using aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition.
Chemical Vapor Deposition, .
(doi:10.1002/cvde.201507179).
Abstract
There has been a resurgence of interest in metal carbodiimides in recent years and in this paper we present a route to the synthesis of one of these phases, zinc carbodiimide, previously known as zinc cyanamide, in the form of a sub-micrometer thin film, using aerosol-assisted (AA)CVD from a solution of zinc acetate and urea in methanol, with the carbodiimide ion being formed from the decomposition of the urea molecule. Thin film synthesis is achieved over a deposition temperature range 375???500?°C, with a minimum ratio of urea to zinc acetate of 2:1 and a maximum of 5:1 established as viable for film formation. This work presents the first example of the synthesis of a ZnNCN thin film, or indeed any metal carbodiimide thin film, using a CVD technique.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 October 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 November 2015
Keywords:
chemical vapour deposition, thin film, zinc cyanmide, zinc carbodiimide, aerosol assisted
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Organic Chemistry: SCF
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Local EPrints ID: 383491
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/383491
ISSN: 0948-1907
PURE UUID: 8a9e1fdd-636f-4603-b382-85987e285a65
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Karl Kaye
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William Grantham
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