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Effect of heat treatment on fluorescence characteristics of HPHT and detonation nanodiamonds

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In this study, high-pressure high-temperature nanodiamonds (HPHT NDs) and detonation nanodiamonds (DNDs) were both treated by air oxidation to investigate the influence of heat treatment on the aggregate size distribution, surface state and fluorescence characteristics of nanodiamonds (NDs). The results show that the oxidation in air can reduce the aggregate size distribution and increase the surface oxygen group concentration of both NDs. It can also improve the crystalline quality as well, by removing the non-diamond sp2 carbon phase on the surface. However, the HPHT NDs and DNDs show very different fluorescence intensity variation as a function of heat treatment. It is observed that the average fluorescence intensity of HPHT NDs increases by 24.5% due to the removal of non-diamond sp2 carbon, which is believed to cause the emission quenching of HPHT NDs. Therefore, the internal Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects in the sp3 structure are speculated as the dominated source of the luminescence for HPHT NDs. On the contrary, the average fluorescence intensity of DNDs decreases with an increase in heat treatment time. It can be inferred that the fluorescence origin of DNDs mainly comes from fluorophore related to the surface non-diamond sp2 carbon, rather than the internal NV defects.

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This work was partially supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China (52172037), Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (2212036), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-MP-20-49Z), and European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) program (grant No.734578).

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National Natural Science Foundation of China,52172037,junjun wei,Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation,2212036,junjun wei,Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,FRF-MP-20-49Z,junjun wei,Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange,734578,Chengming Li

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    J. J. Wei, D. H. Jing, H. Li, J. L. Liu & C. M. Li

  2. Shunde Graduate School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, No.2, Zhihui Road, Foshan, 528399, China

    J. J. Wei & C. M. Li

  3. Centre for Advanced Photonics & Process Analysis, Cork Institute of Technology, Rosa Av., Cork, T12P928, Ireland

    T. J. Ochalski

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Wei, J.J., Jing, D.H., Li, H. et al. Effect of heat treatment on fluorescence characteristics of HPHT and detonation nanodiamonds. Appl Nanosci 12, 3449–3457 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02692-3

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