doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2020.108169engChamorro-Posada, P.Dante, R.C.Vázquez-Cabo, J.Dante, D.G.Martín-Ramos, P.Rubiños-López, Ó.Sánchez-Arévalo, F.M.Experimental and theoretical investigations on a CVD grown thin film of polymeric carbon nitride and its structureART-2021-121170A polymeric carbon nitride thin film has been grown using chemical vapor deposition. The characterization of the material shows that it has the same molecular composition as a formerly synthesized graphitic carbon nitride powder but both substances differ widely in their structural organization. In particular, our analyses reveal a paradoxical character in which the thin film sample exhibits simultaneously a high degree of organization in the stacking of the polymer sheets with strong inter-layer interactions, as expected from the growth technique, and a complete lack of crystallinity. A comprehensive theoretical study based on massive semi-empirical quantum chemistry computations has permitted to explain the properties of the material and to elucidate fundamental issues regarding the structural conformation of graphitic carbon nitride.2021http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/10828510.1016/j.diamond.2020.108169http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108285oai:zaguan.unizar.es:108285Diamond and Related Materials 111, 108169 (2021), [12 pp]by-nc-ndhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess