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Redox and Organic Post-Annealing Chemical Processes Impacting the Fluorescence of N V − Centers into Nanodiamonds

A Competitive Process Between Exfoliation and Functionalisation

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Among the several aspects involved into the synthesis of monocharged nitrogene-vacancy N V − colored centers produced into nanodiamonds ND, the post-annealing cleaning process, such as sulfo-nitric acid cleaning or thermal oxidation under acid conditions, can be seen as a factor impacting the optical response of these N V − colored centers. A significative difference of optical response is in fact noticed modifying the post-annealing treatment conditions, between a pure oxidative treatment at room temperature and a mixed-process including oxidation and thermal activation. Specific chemical processes and surface chemical aspects are proposed to explain the optical signals obtained by fluorescence. Some chemical pathways are then found more efficient than others to limit the fluorescence quenching of these colored N V − emitters.

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The author would like to thank Pr. J.F. Roch, Pr. F. Treussart for physics discussions, and Pr I. Ledoux-Rak and Dr. J.P. Boudou for chemistry discussions.

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  1. Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, UPR 3321 CNRS, LAC, Université Paris Sud Orsay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

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  3. Femtosecond Process and Intense Laser Laboratory, UMR 6303 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ICB/OMR/PFL, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France

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This research was completed while Dr. Philippe Babilotte was a researcher at the Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, UPR 3321 CNRS, LAC, Université Paris Sud Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France and at Physics Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory, UMR 8537 CNRS, LPQM, Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, 94235 Cachan Cedex, France.

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Babilotte, P. Redox and Organic Post-Annealing Chemical Processes Impacting the Fluorescence of N V − Centers into Nanodiamonds. J Fluoresc 26, 2321–2332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-016-1928-7

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