Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 15, Issue 11, Pages 17392-17400Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00209
Keywords
nanodiamond; nitrated-PAHs; low-temperature; hydrothermal treatment; HRTEM
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61904018, 11525415, 51420105003]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20160702]
- Institute for Basic Science, South Korea [IBS-R019-D1]
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Nanodiamonds were successfully synthesized using a hydrothermal method with graphene-oxide or nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as starting materials, resulting in nanodiamonds with diameters in the 2-3 nm range. Theoretical calculations suggest that sub-4 nm nanodiamonds may have a more stable structure than graphene-oxide and nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the nanoscale.
Nanodiamonds are interesting materials from the point of view of their biocompatibility and their chemical, spectroscopic, and mechanical properties. Current synthetic methods for nanodiamonds involve harsh environments, which are potentially hazardous in addition to being expensive. We report a low-temperature (423 K) hydrothermal approach to form nanodiamonds by using graphene-oxide or nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, or pyrene) as a starting material. The reaction products contain single-crystalline or twinned nanodiamonds with average diameters in the 2-3 nm range. Theoretical calculations prove that, at the nanoscale, sub-4 nm nanodiamonds may adopt a structure that is more stable than graphene-oxide and nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Our findings show that sp(2) carbon in the polycyclic aromatic precursor can be converted to sp(3) carbon under unexpectedly moderate temperature conditions by using nanoscale precursors and thus offer a low-temperature approach for the synthesis of sub-4 nm nanodiamonds.
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