A review of terminology used to describe soot formation and evolution under combustion and pyrolytic conditions

HA Michelsen, MB Colket, PE Bengtsson, A D'anna… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review presents a glossary and review of terminology used to describe the chemical
and physical processes involved in soot formation and evolution and is intended to aid in …

Review of recent literature on the light absorption properties of black carbon: Refractive index, mass absorption cross section, and absorption function

F Liu, J Yon, A Fuentes, P Lobo… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of the optical properties of soot black carbon (BC) is required for the
prediction of the radiative effects of freshly-emitted and aged BC particles. Here we review …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of methods to characterize the mass, size, and morphology of soot

TA Sipkens, A Boies, JC Corbin, RK Chakrabarty… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combustion and other high-temperature processes can produce solid aerosol nanoparticles
with complex morphologies, including fractal-like aggregates of primary particles …

Revealing soot maturity based on multi-wavelength absorption/emission measurements in laminar axisymmetric coflow ethylene diffusion flames

J Yon, JJ Cruz, F Escudero, J Morán, F Liu… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel diagnostic is proposed to characterize the maturity of soot particles in a laminar
axisymmetric coflow ethylene diffusion flame in terms of the spectral dependence of soot …

HOMO-LUMO gaps of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their implication on the quantum confinement behavior of flame-formed carbon nanoparticles

N Kateris, AS Jayaraman, H Wang - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flame-formed carbon nanoparticles exhibit apparent size-dependent optical and electronic
band gaps, consistent with the quantum confinement effect found in semiconductor …

Small aromatic hydrocarbons control the onset of soot nucleation

K Gleason, F Carbone, AJ Sumner, BD Drollette… - Combustion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gas-to-particle transition is a critical and hitherto poorly understood aspect in
carbonaceous soot particle formation. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are key …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol absorption in global models from AeroCom phase III

M Sand, BH Samset, G Myhre, J Gliß… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol-induced absorption of shortwave radiation can modify the climate through local
atmospheric heating, which affects lapse rates, precipitation, and cloud formation. Presently …

The impact of organic carbon on soot light absorption

GA Kelesidis, CA Bruun, SE Pratsinis - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of organic carbon (OC) on the light absorption of soot is determined by discrete
element modeling coupled with the discrete dipole approximation for computing the …

Influence of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and Oxidation States of Soot Organics on the Metabolome of Human-Lung Cells (A549): Implications for Vehicle Fuel …

L Wang, W Wen, J Yan, R Zhang, C Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Decades of research have established the toxicity of soot particles resulting from incomplete
combustion. However, the unique chemical compounds responsible for adverse health …

Characterization of a new miniCAST with diffusion flame and premixed flame options: Generation of particles with high EC content in the size range 30 nm to 200 nm

MN Ess, K Vasilatou - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Flame-generated soot from miniCAST burners is increasingly being used in academia and
industry as engine exhaust soot surrogate for atmospheric studies and instrument …