Issue 16, 2011
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Chemical Communications

New insight into the soot nanoparticles in a candle flame†

Zixue Su,a   Wuzong Zhou*a  and  Yang Zhangb  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK
E-mail: wzhou@st-andrews.ac.uk

b Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Abstract

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.

Graphical abstract: New insight into the soot nanoparticles in a candle flame

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05785A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Dec 2010
Accepted
11 Mar 2011
First published
18 Mar 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 4700-4702

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Z. Su, W. Zhou and Y. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4700 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05785A

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