Combustion chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons

H **, W Yuan, W Li, J Yang, Z Zhou, L Zhao… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aromatic hydrocarbons are important components of petroleum-based transportation fuels,
biomass, coal, and solid waste, etc. The reaction kinetics of aromatic hydrocarbons largely …

Combining synchrotron vacuum-ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for isomer-specific mechanistic analysis …

G Xu, H Wang, J Zhang, J Gao, J Guan, Q Xu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Elucidating the formation mechanism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is crucial
to understand processes in the contexts of combustion, environmental science …

Probing combustion and catalysis intermediates by synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization molecular-beam mass spectrometry: recent progress and future …

Z Zhou, J Yang, W Yuan, Z Wang, Y Pan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft photoionization molecular-beam mass spectrometry (PI-MBMS) using synchrotron
vacuum ultraviolet (SVUV) light has been significantly developed and applied in various …

Counterintuitive Catalytic Reactivity of the Aluminum Oxide “Passivation” Shell of Aluminum Nanoparticles Facilitating the Thermal Decomposition of exo …

S Biswas, D Paul, C He, N Dias, M Ahmed… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High energy density aluminum nanoparticles (AlNPs) have been at the center of attention as
additives to hydrocarbon jet fuels like exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene (JP-10, C10H16) …

Role of π-radical localization on thermally stable cross-links between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

PK Selvakumar, JW Martin, MD Lorenzo… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The thermal stability of cross-links between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is
critical for understanding the formation of soot pollutants, graphite, and carbon blacks …

High-crystallinity BiOCl nanosheets as efficient photocatalysts for norfloxacin antibiotic degradation

D Song, M Li, L Liao, L Guo, H Liu, B Wang, Z Li - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Semiconductor photocatalysts are essential materials in the field of environmental
remediation. Various photocatalysts have been developed to solve the contamination …

The Identity and Chemistry of C7H7 Radicals Observed during Soot Formation

JA Rundel, C Martí, J Zádor, PE Schrader… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We used aerosol mass spectrometry coupled with tunable synchrotron photoionization to
measure radical and closed-shell species associated with particle formation in premixed …

Unconventional gas-phase preparation of the prototype polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene (C 10 H 8) via the reaction of benzyl (C 7 H 7) and propargyl (C …

C He, RI Kaiser, W Lu, M Ahmed, VS Krasnoukhov… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium and in
meteorites such as Murchison and Allende and signify the missing link between resonantly …

Exotic Reaction Dynamics in the Gas-Phase Preparation of Anthracene (C14H10) via Spiroaromatic Radical Transients in the Indenyl–Cyclopentadienyl Radical …

C He, RI Kaiser, W Lu, M Ahmed, Y Reyes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gas-phase reaction between the 1-indenyl (C9H7•) radical and the cyclopentadienyl
(C5H5•) radical has been investigated for the first time using synchrotron-based mass …

Experimental observation of molecular-weight growth by the reactions of o-benzyne with benzyl radicals

DE Couch, MM San Marchi, N Hansen - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of ortho-benzyne (o-C6H4) is of fundamental importance due to its role as an
essential molecular building block in molecular-weight growth reactions. Here, we report on …