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Investigation on the Effect of Charge Injection from Non-Thermal Plasma on Soot Formation in Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flame

Yong Ren Tana Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;b CARES, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, Singapore;c Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-9027View further author information
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Yichen Zongb CARES, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, Singapore;c Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, SingaporeView further author information
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Maurin Salamancad Grupo Ciencia de Materiales Avanzados, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellín, Medellín, ColombiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-9097View further author information
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Jacob W. Martine Department of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-4549View further author information
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Jochen A. H. Dreyerf CoaST, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-5884View further author information
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Jethro Akroyda Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;b CARES, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2143-8656View further author information
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Wenming Yangc Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-0854View further author information
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Markus Krafta Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;b CARES, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, Singapore;g School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;h The Alan Turing Institute, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Received 16 Jul 2022, Accepted 20 Apr 2023, Published online: 14 May 2023

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