Fluorocarbon Gas Exposure Induces Disaggregation of Nanodiamond Clusters and Enhanced Adsorption, Enabling Medical Microbubble Formation

Abstract

Introducing fluorocarbon vapor in the air above an aqueous dispersion of clusters of nanodiamonds induces their disaggregation, a prerequisite for most of their biomedical uses. Furthermore, the fluorocarbon gas promotes the adsorption of nanodiamonds at the gas/water interface. As an example of the benefits that can be gained from our findings relative to the implementation of nanomaterials for practical uses, we investigated the role that a fluorocarbon gas may play in the generation of microbubbles, which a…