Although black carbon (BC) is one of the key atmospheric particulate components driving
climate change and air quality, there is no agreement on the terminology that considers all …

The diversity of ambient particle size and chemical composition considerably complicates
pinpointing the specific causal associations between exposure to particles and adverse …

Biomass gasification is a promising technology in current and future low carbon energy
systems. Soot formation is a great technical challenge for the industrialization of biomass …

Light absorption by aerosols contributes to solar radiative forcing through absorption of solar
radiation and heating of the absorbing aerosol layer. Besides the direct radiative effect, the …

Elemental-, equivalent black-and refractory black-carbon are terms that have been defined
in order to dissect the more general term, black carbon, into its component parts related to its …

The adverse impact of atmospheric aerosols on both the environment and human health has
become a major concern in recent years. The detailed characterization of atmospheric …

Previous studies suggest that soot formed in premixed flat flames can contain a substantial
amount of aliphatic compounds. Presence of these compounds may affect the kinetics of …

Incomplete combustion is the main source of airborne soot, which has negative impacts on
public health and the environment. Understanding the morphological and chemical …

Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) was applied in combination with Raman
microscopy (RM) for the characterization of heterotrophic biofilms. Compared to CLSM, RM …

Soot crystalline structure was evaluated for four soot samples and one carbon black using
Raman parameters obtained from first-order Raman spectra. For this work, different numbers …