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Benoit R, Vernier H, Vernier JP, Joly L, Dumelié N, Wienhold FG, Crevoisier C, Delpeux S, Bernard F, Dagaut P, Berthet G. The first balloon-borne sample analysis of atmospheric carbonaceous components reveals new insights into formation processes. Chemosphere 2023; 326:138421. [PMID: 36935062 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Atmospheric aerosol optical, physical, and chemical properties play a fundamental role in the Earth's climate system. A better understanding of the processes involved in their formation, evolution, and interaction with radiation and the water cycle is critical. We report the analysis of atmospheric molecules/particles collected with a new sampling system that flew under regular weather balloons for the first time. The flight took place on January 18, 2022 from Reims (France). The samples were subsequently analyzed by high-resolution mass spectrometry (Orbitrap) to specifically infer hundreds of organic components present in 4 different layers from the troposphere to the stratosphere (up to 20 km). Additional measurements of O3, CO, and aerosol concentrations a few hours before this flight took place to contextualize the sampling. After separating common species found on each filter that might be common to atmospheric layers or residuals for contaminations, we found that each sample yields significant differences in the number and size of organic species detected that should reflect the unique composition of atmospheric layers. While tropospheric samples yield significantly oxidized and saturated components, with carbon numbers below 30 that might be explained by complex organics chemistry from local and distant source emissions, the upper tropospheric and stratospheric samples were associated with increased carbon numbers (C > 30), with a significantly reduced unsaturation number for the stratosphere, that might be induced by strong UV radiations. The multimodal distributions of carbon numbers in chemical formulas observed between 15 and 20 km suggest that oligomerization and growth of organic molecules may take place in aged air masses of tropical origin that are known to carry organic compounds even several km above the tropopause where their lifetime significantly increases. In addition, the presence of organics may also reflect the extended influence of wildfires smoke injected during the spring and summer in the NH hemisphere before the in situ observations and their long-lifetime in the upper troposphere and stratosphere.
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- LPC2E, UMR 7328 CNRS-Université d'Orléans-CNES, Orléans, France
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA; National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, USA
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- GSMA, UMR 7331 CNRS-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- GSMA, UMR 7331 CNRS-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- LPC2E, UMR 7328 CNRS-Université d'Orléans-CNES, Orléans, France
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El Oufir Z, Ramézani H, Mathieu N, Delpeux S, Bhatia SK. Influence of force field used in carbon nanostructure reconstruction on simulated phenol adsorption isotherms in aqueous medium. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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El Oufir Z, Ramézani H, Mathieu N, Bhatia SK, Delpeux S. Impact of high adsorbent conductivity on adsorption of polar molecules: simulation of phenol adsorption on graphene sheets. ADSORPTION 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-020-00227-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lukić B, Seo JW, Bacsa RR, Delpeux S, Béguin F, Bister G, Fonseca A, Nagy JB, Kis A, Jeney S, Kulik AJ, Forró L. Catalytically grown carbon nanotubes of small diameter have a high Young's modulus. Nano Lett 2005; 5:2074-7. [PMID: 16218740 DOI: 10.1021/nl051034d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Experimental studies of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) obtained through different synthesis routes show considerable variability in their mechanical properties. The strongest CNTs obtained so far had a high Young's modulus of 1 TPa but could only be produced in gram scale quantities. The synthesis by catalytic chemical vapor deposition, a method that holds the greatest potential for large-scale production, gives CNTs with a high defect density. This leads to low Young's modulus values below 100 GPa for multiwall CNTs. Here we performed direct measurements of the mechanical properties of catalytically grown CNTs with only a few walls and find a Young's modulus of 1 TPa. This high value is confirmed for CNTs grown under two different growth conditions where the synthesis parameters such as the hydrocarbon source, catalyst material, and the synthesis temperature were varied. The results indicate that the observed difference in the Young's modulus for the catalytically grown CNTs with high and low numbers of walls is probably related to the growth mechanism of CNT.
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- Branimir Lukić
- Institute of Physics of Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Delpeux S, Szostak K, Frackowiak E, Béguin F. An efficient two-step process for producing opened multi-walled carbon nanotubes of high purity. Chem Phys Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.01.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Babaa MR, McRae E, Delpeux S, Ghanbaja J, Valsaque F, Béguin F. Surface characterisation of template-synthesised multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Chem Phys Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Delpeux S, Szostak K, Frackowiak E, Bonnamy S, Béguin F. High yield of pure multiwalled carbon nanotubes from the catalytic decomposition of acetylene on in-situ formed cobalt nanoparticles. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2002; 2:481-484. [PMID: 12908283 DOI: 10.1166/153348802760394034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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For the first time, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) could be formed selectively in a high yield, free of any disordered carbon by-product, from the catalytic decomposition of acetylene at 600 degrees C on a CoxMg(1-x)O solid solution. Starting from 1 g of catalytic substrate, 4 g of pure MWNTs were obtained after its dissolution in boiling concentrated HCl, without any additional purification in strongly oxidizing medium, as is required for other methods of nanotube production. In situ reduction of CoO by dihydrogen liberated from acetylene decomposition allows highly divided metal particles to be continuously produced as synthesis proceeds. This is undoubtedly the reason for the good performance of the catalyst and for the ability to produce nanotubes in a narrow diameter range, namely from 10 to 15 nm. With the use of acetylene instead of methane, the synthesis proceeds at low temperature, which prevents the growth of carbon shells, in which the metal particles are generally embedded, decreasing their activity. Because of the very low specific surface area of the catalyst support, the amount of disordered carbon by-product formed is negligible.
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- Sandrine Delpeux
- CRMD, CNRS-University, 1B, rue de la Férollerie, 45071 Orléans, France
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Frackowiak E, Delpeux S, Jurewicz K, Szostak K, Cazorla-Amoros D, Béguin F. Enhanced capacitance of carbon nanotubes through chemical activation. Chem Phys Lett 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(02)00684-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Delpeux S, Béguin F, Manolova N, Rashkov I. Fullerene core star-like polymers 2. Preparation from fullerenes and linear or cyclic monoaminopolyethers. Eur Polym J 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0014-3057(98)00264-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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