Laser-induced incandescence: Particulate diagnostics for combustion, atmospheric, and industrial applications

HA Michelsen, C Schulz, GJ Smallwood… - Progress in Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The understanding of soot formation in combustion processes and the optimization of
practical combustion systems require in situ measurement techniques that can provide …

Probing soot formation, chemical and physical evolution, and oxidation: A review of in situ diagnostic techniques and needs

HA Michelsen - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017 - Elsevier
Soot is responsible for notoriously detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and
global and regional climate. Controlling soot emissions to the atmosphere will require …

Enhanced light absorption and radiative forcing by black carbon agglomerates

GA Kelesidis, D Neubauer, LS Fan… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The climate models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change list black carbon
(BC) as an important contributor to global warming based on its radiative forcing (RF) …

Review of recent literature on the light absorption properties of black carbon: Refractive index, mass absorption cross section, and absorption function

F Liu, J Yon, A Fuentes, P Lobo… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of the optical properties of soot black carbon (BC) is required for the
prediction of the radiative effects of freshly-emitted and aged BC particles. Here we review …

[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling optical properties of atmospheric black carbon aerosols

M Kahnert, F Kanngießer - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The optical properties of atmospheric black carbon (BC) aerosols are needed to model the
direct radiative forcing of the climate system, as well as for interpreting and assimilating …

Light absorption enhancement of black carbon aerosol constrained by particle morphology

Y Wu, T Cheng, D Liu, JD Allan, L Zheng… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The radiative forcing of black carbon aerosol (BC) is one of the largest sources of uncertainty
in climate change assessments. Contrasting results of BC absorption enhancement (E abs) …

Soot optical properties determined by analyzing extinction spectra in the visible near-UV: Toward an optical speciation according to constituents and structure

A Bescond, J Yon, FX Ouf, C Rozé, A Coppalle… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2016 - Elsevier
To improve the optical diagnostics of soot particles and gain an increased comprehension of
the soot formation and aging mechanisms requires a better understanding of the soot …

On the radiative properties of soot aggregates part 1: Necking and overlapping

J Yon, A Bescond, F Liu - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a strong interest in accurately modelling the radiative properties of soot aggregates
(also known as black carbon particles) emitted from combustion systems and fires to gain …