“…226 These characteristics are predominantly defined by the particle's fine structure, which is described as being polycrystalline turbostratic graphite with coherent domains (crystallite regions without major defects or dislocations) slightly larger than 1 nm in diameter and 4-5 layers in thickness with an interlayer spacing of 0.34-0.35 nm. 20,22,84,113,138,141,186,226,229,231,232,[239][240][241] Mature soot particles also tend to be strongly bound into ramiform aggregates of monodisperse primary particles. 132,[242][243][244][245] For combustion conditions near the sooting threshold, however, primary-particle monomers with diameters as small as 2-3 nm and optical properties consistent with mature soot have been observed.…”