Combustion Kinetics Laboratory Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Professor Hai Wang

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Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization and modeling

We developed the Flame Stabilized on Translating Surface (FSTS) technique to synthesis and deposit films. The research impacts the science and technology for fabrication of thin-film gas sensors and solar cells.

Representative Publications

Zhao, B., Uchikawa, K., McCormick, J. C., Ni, C. Y., Chen, J. G., and Wang, H. “Ultrafine anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles produced in premixed ethylene stagnation flame at 1 atm.” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 30, pp.2569-2576 (2005).

McCormick, J. R., Zhao, B., Rykov, S., Wang, H., and Chen, J. G. “Thermal stability of flame-synthesized anatase TiO₂ nanoparticles.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108, pp. 17398-17402 (2004).

Zhao, B., Uchikawa, K., and Wang, H. “A comparative study of nanoparticles in premixed flames by scanning mobility particle sizer, small angle neutron scattering, and transmission electron microscopy,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31, pp. 851-860 (2007).

Tolmachoff, E. D., Abid, A. D. Phares, D. J., Campbell, C. S., Wang, H. “Synthesis of nano-phase TiO₂ crystalline films over premixed stagnation flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, submitted 2007.