CIN
CIN is an insulating, structurally diverse chemical compound containing carbon, iodine, and nitrogen that is currently characterized by its thermodynamic instability.
About CIN
CIN is a complex inorganic compound composed of carbon, iodine, and nitrogen. As a wide-band-gap insulator, it exhibits electronic properties characteristic of materials that do not readily conduct electricity under ambient conditions.
Due to its position above the thermodynamic hull, this compound is considered metastable or unstable, suggesting that it may require specific synthesis conditions to be realized. Despite its challenging stability, the existence of multiple reported structures indicates a significant interest in the structural diversity of this chemical system.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for CIN, aggregated across 3 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about CIN, answered from cross-validated data.
What is CIN?
CIN is an insulating, structurally diverse chemical compound containing carbon, iodine, and nitrogen that is currently characterized by its thermodynamic instability.
What is the band gap of CIN?
Is CIN a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is CIN thermodynamically stable?
How many polymorphs of CIN are known?
What elements does CIN contain?
Where does the data for CIN come from?
How It Compares
As a unique chemical entity, CIN represents a distinct combination of elements that does not currently have a well-defined class of siblings, placing it in a specialized category of carbon-based nitrogen-iodide materials that are primarily studied for their fundamental structural properties.
Data sources & attribution
- latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform
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