Research
High-pressure synthesis of a polymeric N 3 H 2 solid stabilized by hydrogen bonds
Nature · By Umbertoluca Ranieri ·
The Brief
- Laser-heating nitrogen–hydrogen mixtures at about 139 GPa produces N3H2, a crystalline polymeric solid.
- The N3H2 solid contains only single N–N bonds.
- The material is reported to have a high energy density.
Why it matters
It shows that a nitrogen-rich polymeric solid can be made and held together by hydrogen bonds at high pressure, which is relevant to research on high-energy-density materials.
Who’s affected
- high-pressure chemists and physicists
- materials scientists studying energetic nitrogen compounds
- #high pressure
- #nitrogen hydrogen
- #polymeric solid
- #energy density
- #hydrogen bonding
Nature Communications, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79382-z Laser-heating nitrogen–hydrogen mixtures at about 139 GPa produces N3H2, a crystalline polymeric solid with only single N–N bonds. The new material has a high energy density, with a…
Timeline
Published online in Nature Communications
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High-pressure synthesis of a polymeric N 3 H 2 solid stabilized by hydrogen bonds