This article reviews the fundamentals of variational transition state theory (VTST), its recent
theoretical development, and some modern applications. The theoretical methods reviewed …

Advanced low-temperature combustion concepts that rely on compression ignition have
placed new technological demands on the modeling of low-temperature oxidation in general …

The chemical modeling of combustion treats the chemical conversion of hundreds of species
through thousands of reactions. Recent advances in theoretical methodologies and …

Conventional petroleum jet and diesel fuels, as well as alternative Fischer–Tropsch (FT)
fuels and hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuels, contain high molecular weight lightly …

Detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanisms have been developed to describe the
pyrolysis and oxidation of nine n-alkanes larger than n-heptane, including n-octane (n …

This paper describes our developing understanding of low-temperature oxidation kinetics.
We have investigated the ignition of the three pentane isomers in a rapid compression …

A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed and used to study the oxidation
of methyl decanoate, a surrogate for biodiesel fuels. This model has been built by following …

This review of the role of reaction kinetics in combustion chemistry traces the historical
evolution and present state of qualitative and quantitative understanding of a number of …

Abstract Cyclic Ethers (CEs) belong to a class of compounds of importance to understand
the chemistry of both the engine auto-ignition of hydrocarbon fuels and the combustion of …

Unimolecular isomerization and decomposition reactions of alkylperoxy (RO2),
hydroperoxyalkyl (QOOH), and hydroperoxyalkylperoxy (O2QOOH) radicals play important …