Exploring the role of PAHs in the formation of soot: Pyrene dimerization

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2962-2967

  Sabbah, Hassan ^a,c   Biennier, Ludovic ^a   Klippenstein, Stephen J ^b   Sims, Ian R ^a   Rowe, Bertrand R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON PARTICLE; CIRCUMSTELLAR; CRITICAL STEPS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMOLECULAR DYNAMICS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION ENERGIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT PARTICLES; THEORETICAL RESULT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BINDING ENERGY; DIMERIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOOT; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

PYRENE;

EID: 77957921823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101033t     Document Type: Article

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