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Science 4 June 1993:
Vol. 260. no. 5113, pp. 1496 - 1499
DOI: 10.1126/science.260.5113.1496
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Poly(phenylcarbyne): A Polymer Precursor to Diamond-Like Carbon

Glenn T. Visscher 1, David C. Nesting 1, John V. Badding 1, and Patricia A. Bianconi 1

1 Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

The synthesis of poly(phenylcarbyne), one of a class of carbon-based random network polymers, is reported. The network backbone of this polymer is composed of tetrahedrally hybridized carbon atoms, each bearing one phenyl substituent and linking, by means of 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, which yields diamond or diamond-like carbon phases at atmospheric pressure.

Submitted on February 16, 1993
Accepted on April 7, 1993


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