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Hyperthermal H2 Induced C–H Bond Cleavage: A Novel Approach To Cross-Linking Of Organic Molecules, Tomas Trebicky
Hyperthermal H2 Induced C–H Bond Cleavage: A Novel Approach To Cross-Linking Of Organic Molecules, Tomas Trebicky
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The development of simple and effective methods of incorporating molecular moieties with desirable properties into new functional materials is one of the ultimate goals of material scientists. The work presented in this thesis demonstrates an easy way to accomplish this using a beam of gaseous H2, which we call hyperthermal hydrogen induced cross-linking (HHIC). We prove theoretically and experimentally that when the kinetic energy of H2 is raised to ~20 eV, it becomes a light-mass projectile which is energetic enough to knock hydrogen atoms off of organic molecules, but not other heavier atoms. By developing a reactor …