Surface functional group investigation of oxidized, nanodiamond-derived carbon nano-onions

Mahendra K. Sreeramoju, John P. Selegue, Ramakrishna Podila, Apparao M. Rao

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Abstract

Soluble, oxidized, nanodiamond-derived carbon nano-onions (ON-CNOs) were synthesized by treatment of nanodiamond-derived carbon nano-onions (N-CNOs) with a mixture of fuming sulfuric acid (20 % SO3 in H2SO4, oleum) and conc. nitric acid. ON-CNOs dissolve in polar organic solvents and water due to the presence of acidic functional groups on both the nano-onion surface and adsorbed polycyclic aromatic adsorbents, also called carboxylated carbonaceous fragments (CCFs). The CCFs were removed by either base treatment or thermal desorption and characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). The structure and distribution of functional groups on ON-CNOs before and after CCF removal were studied by thermogravimetric analysis, transmission electron microscopy, pH-titrimetry, Raman spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR).

Original languageEnglish
Article number101966
JournalMaterials Today Communications
Volume26
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

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Funding

We are grateful to the National Science Foundation (Center for Advanced Materials , Grant EPS-0814194 ), National Institute for Hometown Security ( HSHQDC-07-3-00005 ) and the University of Kentucky for financial support.

FundersFunder number
National Institute for Hometown SecurityHSHQDC-07-3-00005
National Science Foundation (NSF)EPS-0814194
University of Kentucky

    Keywords

    • Carbon nano-onions
    • Characterization
    • Functionalization
    • MALDI
    • Nanodiamonds
    • Oxidized carbon nanomaterials
    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    • Raman analysis
    • Surface adsorbents
    • Thermal desorption
    • pH-metric titration

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Materials Chemistry

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