We have conducted Raman and X-ray diffraction measurements on a dense and disordered form of molecular nitrogen subnanoconfined in a noncatalytic pure SiO2 zeolite under pressure, up to 50 GPa. In this form, N2−N2 interactions and, consequently, distances are found to be very close to those of bulk N2 and intramolecular interactions progressively weaken upon increasing pressure. Surprisingly, the filled zeolite is still crystalline at 50 GPa with silicon in tetrahedral coordination by oxygen, which is a record pressure for this type of coordination among all the known forms of silica. These results provide a rationale for understanding the polymerization of a number molecules occurring in the microchannels of noncatalytic zeolites under pressure, where the pressure threshold is found to be very similar to that observed in bulk samples.

Intermolecular Interactions in Highly Disordered, Confined Dense N2 / Santoro, Mario; Gorelli, Federico A.; Bini, Roberto; Haines, Julien. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. - ISSN 1948-7185. - STAMPA. - 8:(2017), pp. 2406-2411. [10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00902]

Intermolecular Interactions in Highly Disordered, Confined Dense N2

SANTORO, MARIO;GORELLI, FEDERICO AIACE;BINI, ROBERTO;
2017

Abstract

We have conducted Raman and X-ray diffraction measurements on a dense and disordered form of molecular nitrogen subnanoconfined in a noncatalytic pure SiO2 zeolite under pressure, up to 50 GPa. In this form, N2−N2 interactions and, consequently, distances are found to be very close to those of bulk N2 and intramolecular interactions progressively weaken upon increasing pressure. Surprisingly, the filled zeolite is still crystalline at 50 GPa with silicon in tetrahedral coordination by oxygen, which is a record pressure for this type of coordination among all the known forms of silica. These results provide a rationale for understanding the polymerization of a number molecules occurring in the microchannels of noncatalytic zeolites under pressure, where the pressure threshold is found to be very similar to that observed in bulk samples.
2017
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2406
2411
Santoro, Mario; Gorelli, Federico A.; Bini, Roberto; Haines, Julien
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