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Wet chemistry route to hydrophobic blue fluorescent nanodiamond
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Wet chemistry route to hydrophobic blue fluorescent nanodiamond

Vadym N Mochalin and Yury Gogotsi
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v 131(13), pp 4594-4595
08 Apr 2009
PMID: 19290627

Abstract

Amines - chemistry Fluorescent Dyes - chemical synthesis Fluorescent Dyes - chemistry Nanoparticles - chemistry Surface Properties Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions Amines - chemical synthesis Diamond - chemistry Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
Hydrophobic blue fluorescent nanodiamond was synthesized by covalent linking of octadecylamine to the surface of nanodiamond particles. The material is easily dispersible in hydrophobic solvents, forming a transparent colloidal solution, and can be used in those applications where stable dispersions of nanodiamond in fuels, polymers or oils are required. Bright blue fluorescence of the octadecylamine-modified nanodiamond opens up new avenues for its use as a non-toxic quantum dot analogue for biomedical imaging of cellular membranes and other hydrophobic components of biological systems. Similar surface modification can be used for other carbon nanoparticles.

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