Dispersion behavior and the influences of ball milling technique on functionalization of detonated nano-diamonds

Application of nanodiamonds for in situ synthesis of TiC reinforcing nanoparticles inside aluminium matrix during mechanical alloying

“…A commercially available aluminium powder of technical grade was applied to form the matrix, with the size of initial particles being 30-100 µm. As precursors for synthesis of titanium carbide particles, commercially available titanium powders were used, having the particle size of 100 µm, as well as powders of detonation synthesis nanodiamonds [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] manufactured by the Kombinat Elektrohimpribor. Primary nano-diamond particles may be of the spherical or almost spherical shape, but there are also other shapes (Fig.…”

Preparation and characterization of a novel sulfonated titanium oxide incorporated Chitosan nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell application

“…The increasing environmental pollution and depleting natural resources have emphasized the need for clean and sustainable energy [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . One of the most effective methods for this purpose is the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy [8][9] .…”

A Simple and Soft Chemical Deaggregation Method Producing Single-Digit Detonation Nanodiamonds

“…Interestingly enough, a first deaggregation of DNDs down to a particle size of down to 4.6 ± 0.8 nm (DLS, containing 99.4 wt % of the peak) [27] was only achieved back in 2005 by Krüger et al using stirred-media milling with micron-sized ceramic beads. [28] Subsequent approaches included ZrO2-assisted wet beads milling, [29,30] bead-assisted sonic disintegration (BASD), [30][31][32] salt-and sugar-assisted ball milling, [33][34][35] and salt-assisted ultrasonic deaggregation (SAUD) [21] (all summarized in Table 1). Although these techniques are able to break the strongly aggregated DNDs into single-digit (< 10 nm in size) nanoparticles, they often have critical disadvantages regarding their use in applications, especially in the field of biology.…”

“…[32] Although ZrO2 particles debris can be reduced from 17 wt% to 9.7 wt% by phosphoric acid treatment and further washing/centrifugation cycles, it is difficult to completely remove the contamination due to its high chemical resistance and similar particle size as the DNDs. [32] To address these drawbacks, salt-and sugar-assisted ball milling [33][34][35] were developed as alternative techniques utilizing water-soluble crystals such as sodium chloride or sucrose, which can be easily removed from the DND suspension. [21,33] A specialized milling chamber is indispensable for these techniques, which is expensive and needs dedicated expertise to operate it.…”