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New insight into the soot nanoparticles in a candle flame

2011; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 47; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0cc05785a

1364-548X

Zixue Su, Wuzong Zhou, Yang Zhang,

Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

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.