Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
Volume 89, Issue 10, Pages 1280-1287Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ed300087t
Keywords
General Public; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary; Public Understanding/Outreach; Demonstrations; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Fluorescence Spectroscopy; Nanotechnology; Materials Science; Surface Science
Funding
- nanoscience and nanotechnology outreach efforts by the Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology at The University of Texas at Austin
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Carbon soot has been known since antiquity, but has recently been finding new uses as a robust, inexpensive nanomaterial. This paper describes the superhydrophobic properties of carbon soot films prepared by combustion of candle wax or propane gas and introduces some of the optical absorption and fluorescence properties of carbon soot particles. Multiple demonstrations, appropriate for a variety of educational backgrounds, are presented.
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