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Fullerenic nanostructures in flames

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High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was used to characterize nanostructures in soots produced in flames of benzene, acetylene, or ethylene premixed with oxygen and an inert diluent gas. The nanostructures ranged from ∼2 nm to ∼30 nm in size with a hollow core measuring about ∼ 1 nm to ∼10 nm in diameter and containing 5 to 20 shells. The shapes of the nanostructures included spherical, spheroidal, tubular, and trigonous.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA

    K. Das Chowdhury & John B. Vander Sande

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    Jack B. Howard

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Das Chowdhury, K., Howard, J.B. & Vander Sande, J.B. Fullerenic nanostructures in flames. Journal of Materials Research 11, 341–347 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1996.0040

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