title: Porous carbon spheres from energetic carbon precursors using ultrasonic spray pyrolysis.
abstract: Porous carbon spheres with unique structures and morphologies are prepared from energetic carbon precursors, alkali propiolates, via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Aerosolized liquid droplets containing alkali propiolates act as microreactors that confine the thermal decomposition of energetic precursors and lead to the formation of several unprecedented carbon morphologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Hangxun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jinrui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Kenneth S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suslick
mesh_terms: D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008422:Materials Testing; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016062:Porosity / Q000528:radiation effects; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013010:Sonication / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon