Diamond is an extraordinary material because of its remarkable mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. It also has tremendous chemical stability and inertness, which makes it an attractive material for many applications, including as a sorbent in separations science.1,2 Accordingly, there is a need to create coated diamond particles of micron dimensions that might be suitable for solid phase extraction, and ultimately for chromatography.
In an effort to enhance and/or take advantage of some of its already remarkable aspects, there has recently been much interest in functionalizing the surface of diamond. For example, chlorinated diamond reacts with CHF33 and NH34 at elevated temperatures. Fluoronano diamond surfaces react with alkyllithium reagents, diamines, and amino acids in the liquid phase, resulting in methyl-, butyl-, hexyl-, ethylenediamino- and glycine-functionalized nanodiamond derivatives.5 Hydrogen- and deuterium-terminated diamond surfaces can be prepared thermally6,7 and by plasma treatment.8-11 Hydrogen-terminated diamond surfaces have also been modified via UV light. For example, hydrogen-terminated diamond can be covalently modified with molecules bearing a terminal vinyl (C═C) group via a photochemical process using sub-band gap light at 254 nm,12 and other photochemical terminations at varying energies, are also known.12-17 Liquid phase functionalizations include the modification of diamond (100) by Diels-Alder chemistry.18,19 In addition, plasma modification of diamond surfaces,20,21 ultrasonic treatment of acid-washed diamond particles (in this work the authors demonstrate DRIFT of 5-12 μm diamond particles),22 electrochemical methods,23 such as electrochemical reduction of diazonium salts and Suzuki coupling with acryl organics24,25 have been reported.
A key issue associated with functionalization of hydrogen-terminated (HTD) or deuterium-terminated diamond (DTD) is breaking the strong C—H or C-D bond. One successful approach to this problem has been to use radicals in a two-step, Eley-Rideal type mechanism, where a radical's interaction with HTD or DTD may result in hydrogen or deuterium abstraction from the surface, leaving a carbon-centered radical, and a second radical may then condense with the dangling bond to covalently link this radical to the surface. This type of mechanism has been proposed for monolayer formation on hydrogen-terminated silicon.26 In addition, Tsubota and coworkers have used the thermal decomposition of diacyl peroxides either alone or with other species to functionalize HTD through this general mechanism via benzoyl peroxide,27-31 lauroyl peroxide,29 acetonitrile activated with a diacyl peroxide,30 and benzoyl peroxide with dicarboxylic acids31 a or monocarboxylic acid.32-34 They also reported that two dialkyl peroxides, dicumyl peroxide and di-t-buyl peroxide, do not appear to react with HTD to an appreciable extent.29 Their reaction conditions for this chemistry were a small amount of the dialkyl peroxide (0.05 g or 0.2 mL, respectively) in 5 mL of toluene heated to 85° C. for 60 min. Liu35 subsequently claimed that a low concentration of another dialkyl peroxide (di-tert-amylperoxide, DTAP, Scheme 1) (24.5 mg in 50 mL dodecane) would react with HTD at 112° C. for ca. 2 hr. However, the infrared spectrum of his reaction product is not consistent with the occurrence of this reaction.
An aspect is a method of coating a diamond surface comprising:
terminating the surface with hydrogen or deuterium;
reacting the hydrogen or deuterium-terminated diamond particle with a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide. The peroxide can be represented as,
R—O—O—R′
where R and R′ are the same or different, R and R′ are alkyl or aryl, and where neither or one is hydrogen. The reacting is under conditions that will provide a sufficient temperature to decompose the peroxide into fragments and sufficient for reaction to proceed. In general, this would be above a threshold of about 95° C. In addition, the concentration of the peroxide must be high enough for the reaction to proceed. This is unlike previous attempts, where either or both the reaction temperature and the concentration of the peroxide were insufficient.
An aspect is a diamond particle with a chemically modified with a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide, so that the diamond particle has a surface of a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide. The surface is applied on hydrogen terminated diamond surfaces and before applying the coating the diamond particle the surface is treated to create hydrogen terminated sites on the surfaces before modification with the peroxide.
An aspect is a method of coating a diamond particle comprising; a. hydrogen or deuterium terminating the surface of the diamond particle b. Reacting the hydrogen or deuterium-terminated diamond particle with a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide. The two group on the dialkyl or diaryl may be the same or different. As an example, the dialkyl or diaryl peroxide can be described as:
R—O—O—R′
The groups R and R′ in the peroxide are the same or different, and R and R′ are alkyl or aryl groups. Either one of R or R′, but not both, may be hydrogen. In addition, either one or both of R and R′ may contain elements besides carbon and hydrogen. Exemplary groups include, but are not limited to, linear alkyl chains, methyl group, ethyl groups, isopropyl groups, an isobutyl groups.
Another aspect is a method of coating a diamond particle comprising heating a diamond particle in the presence of a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide above the decomposition temperature of the dialkyl or diaryl peroxide. The diamond particle surface may be terminated with hydrogen or deuterium.
Another aspect is a method of conducting a chromatographic separation comprising passing an analyte through a stationary phase comprising diamond particles modified with a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide. Chromatography, as used herein, involves any separation involving interaction between an analyte and a surface on a stationary phase that can lead to separation of one analyte from another. Examples of chromatographic methods include high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), solid phase extraction, gas chromatography, electrochromatography, and the various separations that can and do occur in microfluidic devices.
Another aspect is a method of preparing a thick coating on a diamond particle comprising repeatedly exposing the diamond particle to a dialkyl or diaryl peroxide that has been heated above the decomposition temperature of the peroxide.
Another aspect of the invention is the modification of a planar diamond surface or other object containing diamond comprising
Functionalization of hydrogen- and deuterium-terminated diamond with DTAP has been accomplished. Dialkylperoxide can react with diamond. HTD and DTD that are heated with neat DTAP at higher temperatures or at least higher concentrations than were previously investigated. This is a one-step modification of hydrogen- and deuterium-terminated diamond using a radical producing species. The reaction is believed to proceed via an Eley-Rideal type mechanism.
(CH3CH2(CH3)2CO)22.OC(CH3)2CH2CH3 (1)
Diamond-(H or D)+.OC(CH3)2CH2CH3→Diamond.+(H or D)OC(CH3)2CH2CH3 (2)
Diamond.+.OC(CH3)2CH2CH3→Diamond-OC(CH3)2CH2CH3 (3)
While this mechanism surely has an element of truth in it, as set for the later, it can be argued that it is probably an oversimplification of what is occurring at the diamond surface. To wit, if peroxy radicals can abstract hydrogen from hydrogen-terminated diamond, they should also be able to abstract it from other chemisorbed peroxy fragments. This leads to the possibility of multilayer growth on diamond using DTAP.
DTAP, and other dialkyl peroxides, are potentially important reagents for diamond functionalization because of the robust C—O bond (ether linkage) that should be formed to tether DTAP fragments to diamond particles. Such stable adsorbates might be a useful addition to potential diamond stationary phases for chromatography, which are based on the high stability of diamond. Accordingly, we show the use of DTAP-functionalized diamond particles in solid phase extraction.
In spite of an earlier report to the contrary and a different attempt that appears to have been unsuccessful, here we show an improved method that allows functionalization of hydrogen- and deuterium-terminated diamond with a dialkyl peroxide. In particular, hydrogen-/deuterium-terminated diamond particles were treated with neat di-tert-amyl peroxide (DTAP, C2H5C(CH3)2OOC(CH3)2C2H5) at elevated temperature. Surface changes were followed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (DRIFT), and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS). After these reactions, the oxygen signal in the XPS spectra increased, the deuterium peak in the negative ToF-SIMS spectra decreased, and DRIFT showed C—H stretches, which were not previously present, and which were similar to those of the precursor. In the C—H stretching region, the IR spectrum of adsorbed di-tert-amylperoxide shows features that are redshifted with respect to the IR spectrum of the precursor molecule. These trends are supported by DFT calculations. These data are consistent with chemisorption of fragments of di-tert-amylperoxide primarily through ether linkages. The threshold for this reaction was determined by DRIFT to be ca. 95° C. Multilayers of DTAP could be prepared by repeated exposure of the substrate to this reagent. Functionalized diamond particles were used in solid phase extraction.
All chemicals were used as received. Toluene (spectra grade) and di-tert-amyl peroxide (97%) were obtained from Aldrich. The gas mixtures, including 5% deuterium in argon (99.999%) and 6% hydrogen in argon were purchased from Airgas, Inc. 1.7 μm and 70 μm diamond particles were provided by U.S. Synthetic Corp. (Orem, Utah).
Diamond particles were washed with an acid mixture (90% H2SO4+10% HNO3) at 80° C. for 4 h and then rinsed with distilled water.37 After drying in a tube furnace (Mini-Mite, Lindberg/Blue M, Model number TF55030A-1, Thermo Electron Corporation), clean diamond particles were treated in flowing 5% D2 (6% H2) gas at 900° C. in the same furnace for 28 h. (Caution: Hydrogen and deuterium gas may form explosive mixtures with air. A mixture of 5% D2 (or 6% H2) in Ar (or N2) (forming gas) cannot be ignited and is potentially much safer.) During the reaction, the diamond particles were shaken twice to evenly deuterate (or hydrogenate) the surface and it was cooled in flowing 5% D2 (or 6% H2) in Ar. The resulting deuterium (or hydrogen)-terminated diamond particles were used as the starting point for this work.
Treatment of Hydrogen-/Deuterium-Terminated Diamond Particles with Di-tert-Amyl Peroxide
Hydrogen-/deuterium-terminated diamond particles (0.5 g) were suspended in neat di-tert-amyl peroxide (25 mL). Nitrogen gas was bubbled through the suspension to remove oxygen. Di-tert-amyl peroxide, C2H5C(CH3)2OOC(CH3)2C2H5, is a clear, colorless liquid. Suspensions were heated to 60, 80, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130 or 150° C. for 24 h. For the 130° C. reaction, an additional 10 mL of DTAP was added after 10 hours of reaction to replace the peroxides that were consumed. For the 150° C. reaction, an additional 10 mL of DTAP was added two times (every 8 hours) during the reaction. The diamond powders were finally washed with toluene and dried in a vacuum dryer.
Multilayer Formation on Deuterium-Terminated Diamond Particles with Di-tert-amyl Peroxide
Deuterium-terminated diamond particles (0.5 g) were heated in neat di-tert-amyl peroxide (25 mL) under nitrogen gas at 120° C. for 24 h. A 10 mL volume of DTAP was added a second time after 10 h of reaction to replace the peroxides that were consumed. The diamond powders were washed with toluene and dried in a vacuum dryer. The entire process above was repeated to build multilayers of DTAP on the surface.
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) was performed with an ION-TOF ToF-SIMS IV instrument using monoisotopic 25 keV 69Ga+ ions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was performed with an SSX-100 X-ray photoelectron spectrometer with a monochromatic Al Kα source and a hemispherical analyzer. An electron flood gun was employed for charge compensation. Survey scans as well as narrow scans were recorded with an 800×800 μm spot. The diamond surface was characterized with a Magna-IR 560 spectrometer from Nicolet (Madison, Wis.). The DRIFT spectra were obtained over the range of 400-4000 cm−1. For each spectrum, 64 scans were collected at a resolution of 4 cm−1. Di-tert-amylperoxide was dissolved in CCl4 and this solution was analyzed by transmission IR in a static liquid cell. Both the diffuse reflectance and transmission data were plotted in Kubelka-Munk units.
The packing material from a commercially-available SPE cartridge was replaced with the functionalized diamond to act as a stationary phase. The same volume (ca. 5.0 cm3) of packing material was used in each of the experiments. To improve packing, the cartridges were washed with methanol under reduced pressure from the house vacuum during loading. Finally, the columns were dried using the house vacuum.
Prior to applying the analyte, cyanazine, the column was conditioned with 6 column volumes of methanol, followed by 6 column volumes of water. A 30 or 100 μL volume of cyanazine in water (10.8 μg/mL) was loaded onto the column. The column was then washed with water and finally eluted with methanol. Such columns could be reused multiple times in this fashion after washing with methanol.
The columns containing diamond powder functionalized with either a monolayer or four multilayers of di-tert-amyl peroxide were first conditioned using the procedure mentioned above. After conditioning, the solutions of cyanazine in water (0.1 and 0.3 μg/mL) were passed through both SPE columns, respectively, at a constant flow rate. Equal volumes (fractions) eluting from a column were collected in separate vials. Finally, these fractions were analyzed by ESI-MS.
Breakthrough curves, which generally have sigmoidal shapes, are plots of analyte concentration (corresponding to the [M+1]+ peak area of the analyte in each fraction) vs. solution volume eluted from the column. The breakthrough volume was calculated from the point on the curve corresponding to 5% of the average value at the maximum (the plateau region). The column capacity was calculated by multiplying the breakthrough volume by the corresponding concentration of analyte.
ESI-MS was performed using an Agilent Technologies LC/MSD TOF system by direct infusion of several μLs of sample along with the mobile phase: 75% MeOH and 25% water, with 5 mM ammonium formate. A steel ES ionization needle was set in positive-ion mode, and the charging voltage and the capillary voltages were set at 900 V and 3500 V, respectively. The nebulizer was set at 35 psi, the gas temperature was 350° C., and the skimmer was operated at 60 V. The flow rate of the nitrogen drying gas was 12 L/min. One survey scan was collected per second over a mass range of m/z 100-1200.
Analysis of the vibrational modes was carried out using B3LYP density functional theory (DFT) with a 3-21 G basis set using the NWChem program.38, 39
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study the formation of deuterium-terminated diamond and its subsequent reaction with DTAP.
After deuterium-terminated diamond particles were exposed to heated di-tert-amyl peroxide for 1 day, the XPS oxygen signal rose (3.1±0.6% oxygen, 96.9±0.6% carbon), but not to the level found before deuterium termination (See
FTIR was also used to characterize diamond particles as they were received, after deuterium termination, and after reaction with DTAP (See
While the IR spectra of adsorbed fragments of di-tert-amylperoxide and that of the DTAP molecule itself are similar, there is an interesting difference between the spectra, which is that the largest peak in the spectrum of the functionalized diamond is redshifted by ca. 10 cm−1 relative to the largest peak in the spectrum of the DTAP. Accordingly, DFT was used to model both DTAP and perdeuterated adamantine that had been monofunctionalized with a fragment of DTAP at both possible positions, as shown in Scheme 2. Adamantine is a diamondoid and should be a reasonable model system for our diamond surfaces. All positions on adamantane were deuterated in the simulation so that the frequencies in the C—H stretching region would be uniquely separated from those of the adsorbate. The results of the DFT modeling shown in Table 1, which are presented without scaling, are in good agreement with the experimental results with a standard scaling factor of 0.96 for this level of theory. The frequencies of the C—H normal modes in both DTAP, and the DTAP fragment attached to an adamantine ring show that vibrational frequencies of the DTAP fragment on the adamantine substrate are redshifted, with the highest frequency peaks at 3152, 3149 and 3137 cm−1 not appearing in the spectrum of the chemisorbed species. This is in agreement with the measured DRIFT spectrum, which shows a similar redshift.
DRIFT of diamond particles show a series of substrate peaks that overlap with the C-D stretches,22 making this region (1600-2600 cm−1) of the spectrum of questionable value for this analysis. XPS was not useful for identification of H (or D), as it is not sensitive to hydrogen. ToF-SIMS can detect every element, and it provides direct evidence for surface deuteration in both positive and negative ion spectra. In the negative ion ToF-SIMS spectrum, a strong H− signal is seen in the untreated diamond particles (See
Because of previous attempts to modify diamond with di-t-butylperoxide or dicumylperoxide and DTAP (at 85° C. or 112° C., respectively), it seemed appropriate to understand the relationship between degree of surface functionalization and reaction temperature. Below 90° C.,
Because, as noted, a series of peaks that are characteristic of diamond22 overlap with the C-D stretches around 2100 cm−1, it seemed appropriate to also follow the reaction of hydrogen-terminated diamond and DTAP. Results analogous to those obtained with deuterium-terminated diamond are obtained. After hydrogenation, two peaks are present between 2800 and 3000 cm−1 (See
It should also be mentioned that the redshift noted in
It is doubtful that the reaction of hydrogen- or deuterium-terminated diamond could be driven to completion because of steric hindrance of DTAP fragments adjacent to surface C-D or C—H groups. There is also the possibility of H-abstraction from chemisorbed DTAP fragments competing with hydrogen or deuterium abstraction from the surface. Based on the mechanism proposed above, it should also be possible for peroxy radicals to attack the methylene units of chemisorbed fragments of DTAP. If operative, this procedure could be repeated several times and multilayers could be grown on the diamond surface. This proposed mechanism is as follows:
Diamond-OC(CH3)2CH2CH3+.OC(CH3)2CH2CH3→Diamond-OC(CH3)2CH.(CH3)+HOC(CH3)2CH2CH3 (4)
Diamond-OC(CH3)2CH.(CH3)+.OC(CH3)2CH2CH3→Diamond-OC(CH3)2CH(CH3)OC(CH3)2CH2CH3Diamond-(OC(CH3)2CH(CH3))n—H (5)
An implication of this mechanism is that polymer brushes of the form: diamond-(OC(CH2)2CH(CH3))n—H could be formed, as illustrated in the table-of-contents graphic for this work.
This same procedure of multilayer growth was applied to 70 μm hydrogen-terminated diamond particles, which because of back pressure constraints are an appropriate size for solid phase extraction. The columns were first conditioned and then a solution of cyanazine, a pesticide, was loaded onto the column. The column was washed with water and the analyte was eluted with methanol. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI/MS) was used to confirm the presence or absence of the analytes in the fractions that were taken. From the ESI-MS results, the [M+1]+ peak at 241 amu of the analyte (cyanazine) appeared in the methanol fraction, while nothing eluted in the pre-wash. Breakthrough curves were obtained for SPE columns using cyanazine as an analyte to determine breakthrough volumes of the SPE columns (diamond particles functionalized with either a monolayer or four multilayers of di-tert-amyl peroxide). Columns prepared from the diamond stationary phase made with one cycle of DTAP were compared to columns made with four cycles of DTAP. The latter column had 4-5 times the analyte capacity of the first column. These results are clearly consistent with the formation of a polymeric material on the stationary phase.
Although there are reports to the contrary, XPS, ToF-SIMS and DRIFT demonstrate the reactivity of DTD and HTD with a neat dialkylperoxide (di-tert-amyl peroxide) at elevated temperature. After reaction, XPS showed that the oxygen signal increased, and the deuterium peak in the negative ion ToF-SIMS spectra decreased. DRIFT showed that the envelopes of the C—H stretch of the adsorbate and the surfaces are similar after modification, although it is significant that the peak envelope of the C—H stretching region of the functionalized diamond is redshifted with respected to that of the precursor. The threshold for the reaction is determined, and multilayer formation is illustrated with several reaction cycles. Solid phase extraction could be performed on columns packed with DTAP-functionalized diamond particles.
Priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/192,842, filed Sep. 22, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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61192842 | Sep 2008 | US |