As gas-phase methods for the synthesis of tailored nanomaterials become increasingly
sophisticated, the need for in situ diagnostics of reaction conditions and particle properties …

Gas-phase synthesis of nanoparticles enables production of high-purity materials with well-
controlled properties in continuous flow processes. It is an established technology for a …

Meeting the demands of sustainable energy economy requires diagnostics of the chemical
processes surrounding future fuels and contemporary combustion applications. Pioneered …

To fully master a scaled-up combustion synthesis of nanoparticles toward a wide library of
materials with tailored functionalities, a detailed understanding of the underlying kinetic …

To enable the investigation of the flame chemistry of precursor-laden nanoparticle forming
spray flames in quasi-one-dimensional geometry, a matrix burner was developed in which a …

Gas-phase iron compounds strongly affect the flame structure already at very low
concentrations, which implies the control of combustion efficiency, pollution formation, and …

In spray-flame synthesis of nanoparticles, a precise understanding of the reaction processes
is necessary to find optimal process parameters for the formation of the desired products …

An automatic method for the reduction of chemical kinetic mechanisms under specific
physical or thermodynamic conditions is presented. The method relies on the genetic …

Premixed, laminar H2/O2/Ar and CH4/O2/N2 low-pressure flat flames doped with iron
pentacarbonyl (Fe (CO) 5) were used to investigate the initial steps towards the formation of …

Nanoparticle formation in flames is strongly influenced by the residence-time–temperature
history inside the flame. We study how the temperature history can be intentionally modified …