| CPC C01B 32/28 (2017.08) [B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A surface-modified nanodiamond comprising a nanodiamond particle and a group that surface-modifies the nanodiamond particle, the group being represented by Formula (1) or (2):
![]() wherein in Formula (1), R1 represents a linear C1-22 alkylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a group in which two or more of those listed above are bonded; and R2 represents [—X1—R3], wherein X1 represents —NH—, —NR3—, —O—, —S—, or —O—(C═O)—, each R3 is the same or different and represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 15 or more carbon atoms, and an atom bonded to X1 is a carbon atom;
![]() wherein in Formula (2), R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; X2 represents a single bond or —O—; and R6 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
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