Abstract
A new synthetic method has been developed for the in situ formation of TiC and TiN nanoparticles in a shaped solid from a meltable precursor composition. The reactants are titanium hydride (TiH2) and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(phenylethynyl)benzene (TPEB), which interact above 600 °C to form TiC and TiN nanoparticles in the presence of argon and nitrogen, respectively. When the compacted powdered precursor composition is heated above 200 °C, the acetylenic units of TPEB react forming a networked polymer with the TiH2 homogeneously dispersed in the confines of the thermoset. During the carbonization process of 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(phenylethynyl)benzene, the carbon atom migrate into the interstitial space of the Ti lattice, resulting in stoichiometric TiC being formed. The novel reaction yields shaped solids of nanoparticle ceramics.
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