Fluorination nanodiamond

From the hydrogenation or fluorination of a diamond material, a very hydro-phobic surface results that may then enter into an exchange with rather nonpolar compounds. A connection via Jt-stadting, however, plays just a minor role because graphitic fragments are only found in small domains on the particle surface. In the case of thermally graphitized nanodiamond particles, on the other hand, the conditions largely resemble those observed for multiwalled nanotubes. The interaction of the 7t-electrons with the polymer molecule causes a stable noncovalent incorporation into the composite. 

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