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Carbon‐Dot‐Decorated Nanodiamonds

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: The synthesis of a new class of fluorescent carbon nanomaterials, carbon‐dot‐decorated nanodiamonds (CDD‐ND), is reported. These CDD‐NDs are produced by specific acid treatment of detonation soot, forming tiny rounded sp2 carbon species (carbon dots), 1–2 atomic layers thick and 1–2 nm in size, covalently attached to the surface of the detonation diamond nanoparticles. A combination of nanodiamonds bonded with a graphitic phase as a starting material and the application of graphite intercalated acids for oxidation of the graphitic carbon is necessary for the successful production of CDD‐ND. The CDD‐ND photoluminescence (PL) is stable, 20 times more intense than the intrinsic PL of well‐purified NDs and can be tailored by changing the oxidation process parameters. Carbon‐dot‐decorated DNDs are shown to be excellent probes for bioimaging applications and inexpensive additives for PL nanocomposites.

Source: Particle & Particle Systems Characterization

DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201300251

Authors: Olga Shenderova, Suzanne Hens, Igor Vlasov, Stuart Turner, Ying‐Gang Lu, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Amanda Schrand, Sergey A. Burikov, Tatiana A. Dolenko

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, University of Antwerp, United States Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Language: English

Topic: Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Russian Foundation for Basic Research

OpenAlex ID: W2116072280

FWCI: 2.418

Cites: 43

Cited by: 42

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