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There has been a resurgence of interest in metal carbodiimides in recent years and in this paper we present a route to the synthesis of one of these phases, zinc carbodiimide, previously known as zinc cyanamide, in the form of a sub-micrometer thin film, using aerosol-assisted (AA)CVD from a solution of zinc acetate and urea in methanol, with the carbodiimide ion being formed from the decomposition of the urea molecule. Thin film synthesis is achieved over a deposition temperature range 375???500?°C, with a minimum ratio of urea to zinc acetate of 2:1 and a maximum of 5:1 established as viable for film formation. This work presents the first example of the synthesis of a ZnNCN thin film, or indeed any metal carbodiimide thin film, using a CVD technique. |
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