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Hydrogenated Si–O–C nanoparticles: Synthesis, structure, and thermodynamic stability

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In the present work, for the first time, the inorganic Si-based materials lacking preexisting mixed bonds (O–Si–C, silicon in tetrahedral coordination bonded to both carbon and oxygen) have been successfully used as starting materials in a laser evaporation/condensation system for making hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide (Si–O–C–H) nanoparticles containing mixed bonds. The obtained materials are characterized by spectroscopic, microscopic, and calorimetric measurements. Thermodynamically stable 5–10 nm amorphous Si–O–C–H particles with a complex structure containing a combination of pure and mixed Si-based tetrahedral units (SiOiC4− i; i = 0–4), and a considerable amount of Si–OH and C–H bonds have been synthesized. The nanoparticles possess high surface areas (428–467 m2/g), suggesting potential use in functionalities requiring high surface to volume ratios. In addition, making thermodynamically stable Si–O–C–H ceramics using a pathway different from the polymer route raises the likelihood of formation of similar carbon containing compounds in the planetary accretion and the Earth’s interior.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Jorgen Rufner and Dana Reusser for their assistance in TEM and mass spectrometric measurements. We acknowledge financial supports by the National Science Foundation, grant DMR-124077 for salary support and materials science aspects of this work and by the Deep Carbon Observatory funded by the Sloan Foundation for inspiring us to consider the geologic and planetary relevance of these studies.

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    Amir H. Tavakoli, Matthew M. Armentrout & Alexandra Navrotsky

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    Sabyasachi Sen & Alexandra Navrotsky

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Tavakoli, A.H., Armentrout, M.M., Sen, S. et al. Hydrogenated Si–O–C nanoparticles: Synthesis, structure, and thermodynamic stability. Journal of Materials Research 30, 295–303 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.376

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