title: Diamond and diamond-like carbon from a preceramic polymer.
abstract: The synthesis of poly(hydridocarbyne), one of a class of carbon-based random network polymers and a structural isomer of polyacetlyene, is reported. The network backbone of this polymer is primarily composed of tetrahedrally hybridized carbon atoms, each bearing one hydride substituent and linked via three carbon-carbon single bonds into a three-dimensional random network of fused rings. This atomic-level carbon network backbone confers unusual properties on the polymer, including facile thermal decomposition to form diamond or diamond-like carbon high-quality films at atmospheric pressure, by direct deposition or by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), without the use of hydrogen or any other reagent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. bianconni@chem.umass.edu
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authors.lastname: Bianconi
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