Fluorinated Nanodiamond as a Wet Chemistry Precursor for Diamond Coatings Covalently Bonded to Glass Surface

by Yu Liu, Valery N. Khabashesku, & Naomi J. Halas Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1 Mar 2005 (web release) The chemical reaction between fluoro-nanodiamond (F-ND) powder, solubilized in o-dichlorobenzene, and a glass surface, functionalized with the silane coupling agent, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), was found to proceed under heating at 130 C for 24-40 h and to result in covalent bonding of F-ND particles to a glass substrate, forming a 10-40 nm thick nanocrystalline film. The observed process presents a novel and cost-effective approach to fabrication of diamond coatings on glass by using wet chemistry instead of CVD and can be extended to other materials. Read the article