Covalent Functionalization of Amino Group onto Carbon-Based Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Pulsed-Powder Explosion Technique

Abstract:

In order to enhance the treatment processing for powder of nanoparticle, we developed a modified setup using an inductively coupled radio frequency plasma with a pulsed explosion technique. Applying a negative pulsed bias voltage of -1 kV to the substrate stage in 15 seconds with a repetition frequency of 1 kHz and a duty ratio of 50 % in ammonia plasma, a significant increase of N 1s peak intensity in the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra was observed. The intensity of N 1s peak treated in the pulsed-biasing system raised both about four times higher than those of the particles treated without bias. After plasma treatment, the amino group was suggested to be covalently functionalized onto the nanoparticle surface and quantitatively examined by chemical derivatization. The amino group population attached onto treated nanoparticles was determined about 8.2 x 10⁴ molecules per nanoparticle, roughly four times higher than that of particle without biasing which was about 1.9 x 10⁴ molecules per nanoparticle. The surface structure analysis by a high resolution-transmission electron microscopy showed no significant damages were found on the nanoparticles, indicating that the present technique is suitable mainly for surface modification of powder materials without bringing any damages on their structural and morphological surface.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 896)
• Pages: 122-125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.896.122
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Teguh Endah Saraswati*, Shun Tsumura, Masaaki Nagatsu
• Keywords: Amino Group, Bias Voltage, Carbon Coated Nanoparticles, Inductively Coupled Plasma, Surface Modification

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