Fluorination of Diamond Surfaces by Irradiation of Perfluorinated Alkyl Iodides

Abstract
A facile method for chemically functionalizing diamond surfaces has been developed using x-ray irradiation of perfluoroalkyl iodide layers on the surface. Perfluoroalkyl radicals chemically bond to the diamond surface and can be thermally decomposed to produce strongly bound surface C-F bonds that are stable at high temperatures.