Materials and spin characteristics of amino-terminated nanodiamonds embedded with nitrogen-vacancy color centers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07706v2
• Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:17:32 GMT
• Title: Materials and spin characteristics of amino-terminated nanodiamonds embedded with nitrogen-vacancy color centers
• Authors: Nikoletta Jegenyes, Vladimir Verkhovlyuk, Szabolcs Czene, Attila Csáki, Olga Krafcsik, Zsolt Czigány, David Beke, Adam Gali,
• Abstract summary: Proper functionalization of fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) is required for their application as probes in chemical and biological processes. modifying the surface of FNDs can affect the properties of qubit sensors. We study the fundamental properties of embedded nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers as a function of FND size and surface termination.
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• Abstract: Understanding and controlling fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) with optically read qubits is a key focus of research, as they show high potential for detecting electric and magnetic fields, temperature, and other physico-chemical quantities at the nanoscale, which are highly sought after in chemistry and biology. Proper functionalization of FNDs is required for their application as probes in chemical and biological processes. However, modifying the surface of FNDs can affect the properties of qubit sensors. In this work, we thoroughly study the fundamental properties of embedded nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers as a function of FND size and surface termination. The FNDs were produced by milling high-pressure, high-temperature diamonds, and NV centers were introduced via electron beam irradiation and annealing. In particular, the initial FNDs, covered with various oxygen groups, were homogenized through a reduction process to predominantly cover them with alcohol ($-$OH) groups as reference FNDs. Additionally, a Hofmann degradation process was applied to terminate FNDs with amine ($-$NH$_2$) groups, enabling direct linkage of proteins and other biomolecules to the FNDs. We monitored the charge state stability upon illumination, the zero-field splitting parameters, and the longitudinal spin-relaxation time of the NV centers in these FNDs. Our findings indicate that charge state stabilization of the NV centers was achieved in both $-$OH- and $-$NH$_2$-terminated FNDs beyond a certain FND size. Furthermore, we demonstrate that $-$NH$_2$-terminated FNDs embedding NV centers exhibit a $T_1$ longitudinal relaxation time of approximately 25~$\mu$s, independent of FND size within the studied range of 10~nm to 140~nm. This relaxation time is comparable to that of larger-sized reference FNDs.

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