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Original Articles

Photoionization Study of Soot Precursor Nanoparticles in Laminar Premixed Ethylene/Ethanol Flames

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Pages 621-633 | Received 15 May 2013, Accepted 19 Nov 2013, Published online: 23 Apr 2014

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