Issue 19, 2013

Surface transfer doping can mediate both colloidal stability and self-assembly of nanodiamonds

Abstract

Although undoped diamond is insulating, hydrogenated bulk diamond surfaces exhibit surface conductivity under air and are electrochemically active in aqueous solutions. Due to their large surface/volume ratio, similar surface effects may exhibit a dramatic impact on the properties of nanodiamonds. Here we show that plasma-hydrogenated detonation nanodiamonds (NDs-H) display a positive zeta potential in water due to charge transfer with a redox couple involving oxygen in water. The transfer doping of NDs-H in water can be modulated by pH. Surprisingly, after acid addition, strong Coulomb coupling between NDs-H and adsorbed counterions induces the self-assembly of NDs-H into organized macro-structures reaching millimeter scale.

Graphical abstract: Surface transfer doping can mediate both colloidal stability and self-assembly of nanodiamonds

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2013
Accepted
22 Jul 2013
First published
30 Jul 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 8958-8962

Surface transfer doping can mediate both colloidal stability and self-assembly of nanodiamonds

T. Petit, H. A. Girard, A. Trouvé, I. Batonneau-Gener, P. Bergonzo and J. Arnault, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8958 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02492J

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