title: Photochemical modification of diamond powders with elemental sulfur and their surface-attachment behavior on gold surfaces.
abstract: A useful method of modifying the surface of diamond powder with sulfur-containing functionalities was developed by the photolysis of elemental sulfur. The introduction of sulfur-containing functional groups on the diamond surfaces was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (DRIFT) and mass spectroscopy analyses. The sulfur-modified diamond powder attached to gold surfaces through sulfur-containing linkages. In brief, the exposure of the modified diamond powder to a gold colloid resulted in gold nanoparticles being attached to the diamond powder. The treatment of the modified diamond powder with thin gold film on a Si substrate resulted in the alignment of surface-attached diamond powder through sulfur linkages formed by self-assembly.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. takako-nakamura@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Tsuguyori
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authors.lastname: Ohana
authors.forename: Yuta
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authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsubota