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Reactive Dimerization: A New PAH Growth Mechanism in Flames

K. SIEGMANN Federallnstitute of Technology (ETH), Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH-Zürich, Zürich, CH, 8093, Switzerland
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H. HEPP Federallnstitute of Technology (ETH), Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH-Zürich, Zürich, CH, 8093, Switzerland
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K. SATTLER Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Watanabe Hall/2505 Correa Road, Honululu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
Pages 165-181 | Received 12 Dec 1994, Accepted 12 Jul 1995, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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