New insight into the soot nanoparticles in a candle flame.
Summary of "New insight into the soot nanoparticles in a candle flame."
Using anodic aluminium oxide films as collectors, all four well known carbon forms, diamond, graphitic, fullerenic and amorphous particles, are identified inside a candle flame, suggesting a new nucleation mechanism for diamond growth and fullerene formation in a combustion synthesizing process.
Affiliation
School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UKKY169ST. wzhou@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
ISSN: 1364-548X
Pages: 4700-2
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21416085
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cc05785a
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