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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Flame synthesis is one of the most versatile and promising technologies for large-scale production of nanoscale materials. Pyrolysis has recently been shown to be a useful route for the production of single-walled nanotubes, quantum dots and a wide variety of nanostructured ceramic oxides for catalysis and electrochemical applications. An understanding of the mechanisms of nanostructural growth in flames has been hampered by a lack of direct observations of particle growth, owing to high temperatures (2,000 K), rapid kinetics (submillisecond scale), dilute growth conditions (10(-6) volume fraction) and optical emission of synthetic flames. Here we report the first successful in situ study of nanoparticle growth in a flame using synchrotron X-ray scattering. The results indicate that simple growth models, first derived for colloidal synthesis, can be used to facilitate our understanding of flame synthesis. Further, the results indicate the feasibility of studies of nanometre-scale aerosols of toxicological and environmental concern.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1476-1122
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-4
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Probing the dynamics of nanoparticle growth in a flame using synchrotron radiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0012, USA. beaucag@uc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article