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Igor I Vlasov¹, Andrey A Shiryaev², Torsten Rendler³

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Researchers successfully doped tiny diamond nanoparticles with silicon vacancy color centers. These ultrasmall fluorescent nanoparticles are stable and suitable for advanced microscopy and sensing applications.

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Area of Science:

Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Quantum Optics

Background:

Doping carbon nanoparticles with impurities is key for applications.
Doping is difficult for very small carbon nanoparticles due to availability and stability issues.
Understanding impurity stability in nanostructures is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the possibility of doping ultrasmall diamond nanoparticles with color centers.
To explore the stability and optical properties of these doped nanostructures.
To assess their potential for microscopy and sensing.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of isolated diamond nanoparticles as small as 1.6 nm.
Characterization of photoluminescent color centers, specifically silicon vacancy (SiV).
Quantum-chemical simulations to understand SiV energy levels in nanodiamonds.

Main Results:

Isolated diamond nanoparticles (1.6 nm, ~400 atoms) can host stable silicon vacancy (SiV) color centers.
SiV fluorescence is stable over time, with few or single centers per nanocrystal.
Observed size-dependent SiV emission, supported by quantum-chemical simulations.

Conclusions:

Ultrasmall diamond nanoparticles can be doped with stable SiV color centers.
These nanoparticles exhibit size-dependent optical properties.
Opens avenues for studying molecular-sized carbon clusters and applications in microscopy and sensing.