Risk assessment of microplastic particles

AA Koelmans, PE Redondo-Hasselerharm… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Microplastic particles are ubiquitous in the environment, from the air we breathe to the food
we eat. The key question with respect to these particles is to what extent they cause risks for …

[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 …

Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction

JC Corbin, RL Modini, M Gysel-Beer - Aerosol Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Soot aggregates form as open, fractal-like structures, but aged atmospheric particles are
often observed to be restructured into more-compact shapes due to internal mixing …

Morphology and size of soot from gas flares as a function of fuel and water addition

U Trivanovic, TA Sipkens, M Kazemimanesh, A Baldelli… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
A large-scale, laboratory turbulent diffusion flame was used to study the effects of fuel
composition on soot size and morphology. The burner and fuels are typical of those used in …

Size-dependent mass absorption cross-section of soot particles from various sources

JC Corbin, TJ Johnson, F Liu, TA Sipkens, MP Johnson… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
The mass absorption cross-section (MAC) of combustion-generated soot is used in pollution
and emissions measurements to quantify the mass concentration of soot and in atmospheric …

Mechanisms of soot thermal decomposition: Reactive molecular dynamics study

D Potapov, N Orekhov - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the mechanisms of soot formation and decomposition is important for
reduction of harmful emissions from combustion. Soot sublimation temperature varies in a …

Monte Carlo Aggregation Code (MCAC) Part 2: Application to soot agglomeration, highlighting the importance of primary particles

J Morán, J Yon, A Poux, F Corbin, FX Ouf… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the agglomeration of nanoparticles and in particular, soot, a change in both the flow
regime (from free molecular to near continuum) as well as the change of agglomeration …

A comparative study on effective density, shape factor, and volatile mixing of non-spherical particles using tandem aerodynamic diameter, mobility diameter, and mass …

M Kazemimanesh, MM Rahman, D Duca… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combustion-generated particles are typically non-spherical (soot aggregates) and
sometimes mixed with organic compounds (eg in vehicle emissions). The effective density …

Impact of the maturation process on soot particle aggregation kinetics and morphology

J Morán, C Henry, A Poux, J Yon - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Mature soot aggregates exhibit a morphology which is currently mimicked by diffusion-
limited aggregation (DLCA) codes, ie with a sticking probability= 1 when two aggregates …