[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 …

Fractal dimensions and mixing structures of soot particles during atmospheric processing

Y Wang, F Liu, C He, L Bi, T Cheng… - … & Technology Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Soot particles strongly absorb sunlight and hence act as a short-lived warming agent.
Atmospheric aging of soot particles changes their morphology and mixing state and …

Turning a negative into a positive: Trends, guidelines and challenges of developing multifunctional non-wettable coatings based on industrial soot wastes

A Baldelli, KD Esmeryan, O Popovicheva - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The carbon soot has generally negative connotation due to the adverse impact on the
human health and ambient environment. Most of the studies involving soot analysis focus on …

Quantifying black carbon light absorption enhancement with a novel statistical approach

C Wu, D Wu, JZ Yu - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Black carbon (BC) particles in the atmosphere can absorb more light when coated by non-
absorbing or weakly absorbing materials during atmospheric aging, due to the lensing …

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 …

Removal of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) via atmospheric humidity caused by evapotranspiration

J Ryu, JJ Kim, H Byeon, T Go, SJ Lee - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Reduction of particulate matter (PM) has emerged as one of the most significant challenges
in public health and environment protection worldwide. To address PM-related problems …

Observation-based estimates of the mass absorption cross-section of black and brown carbon and their contribution to aerosol light absorption in East Asia

C Cho, SW Kim, M Lee, S Lim, W Fang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we estimated the contribution of black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) to
aerosol light absorption from surface in-situ and aerosol robotic network (AERONET) …

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 …

Study on the restructuring of soot particles from diesel engine exhaust gas discharged into a simulated atmospheric environment

D Li, J Wei, H Chen, C Wang, C Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the restructuring of soot particles from a diesel engine (operated at
low and high (30% and 90%) loads of 1200 rpm) exhaust gas discharged into a simulated …

Vapor condensation and coating evaporation are both responsible for soot aggregate restructuring

OY Enekwizu, A Hasani… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fresh soot is made of fractal aggregates, which often appear collapsed in atmospheric
samples. A body of work has concluded that the collapse is caused by liquid shells when …