Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames

JW Martin, M Salamanca, M Kraft - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2022 - Elsevier
The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase
carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete …

[HTML][HTML] A historical review of glassy carbon: Synthesis, structure, properties and applications

V Uskoković - Carbon Trends, 2021 - Elsevier
In a letter to her older brother from 1947, soon after she had arrived in Paris, Rosalind E.
Franklin said that she was ready to 'go more primitive'if this would preserve her freedom …

Soot formation mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing soot emissions: A review

E Jiaqiang, W Xu, Y Ma, D Tan, Q Peng, Y Tan… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the main pollutant emitted by automobile engines, soot particles have brought great harm
to the environment and human health. However, the soot formation process in automobile …

Nanostructure quantification of turbostratic carbon by HRTEM image analysis: State of the art, biases, sensitivity and best practices

P Toth - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) has been a widely
used technique for the analysis of nanostructure of turbostratic carbon. Since the late …

On determining soot maturity: A review of the role of microscopy-and spectroscopy-based techniques

A Baldelli, U Trivanovic, TA Sipkens, SN Rogak - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Incomplete combustion is the main source of airborne soot, which has negative impacts on
public health and the environment. Understanding the morphological and chemical …

Blue, green and yellow carbon dots derived from pyrogenic carbon: structure and fluorescence behaviour

C Russo, A Carpentieri, A Tregrossi, A Ciajolo… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorescence lifetimes and quantum yields featuring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and other organics constituting pyrogenic carbon particulate matter (PM) are seldom …

Thermal treatment of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose in nitrogen and carbon dioxide

O Senneca, F Cerciello, C Russo, A Wütscher… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper explores the primary products from fast pyrolysis of biomass components: Lignin,
Cellulose and Hemicellulose (Xylan). A heated strip reactor is employed at temperatures of …

Laser-induced incandescence for non-soot nanoparticles: recent trends and current challenges

TA Sipkens, J Menser, T Dreier, C Schulz… - Applied Physics B, 2022 - Springer
Laser-induced incandescence (LII) is a widely used combustion diagnostic for in situ
measurements of soot primary particle sizes and volume fractions in flames, exhaust gases …

Experimental and numerical study on the effect of oxymethylene ether-3 (OME3) on soot particle formation

F Ferraro, C Russo, R Schmitz, C Hasse, M Sirignano - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The reduction and control of particulate matter generated by fossil fuel combustion are
among the main issues for actual and future combustion devices due to the increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] PAHs and fullerenes as structural and compositional motifs tracing and distinguishing organic carbon from soot

B Apicella, C Russo, A Carpentieri, A Tregrossi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Examining the features distinguishing organic carbon from soot is crucial for understanding
the source, the effect on the environment and their respective role in aerosol chemistry and …