Maria Botero
Research Student

Biography
Prior to my PhD study in the CoMo group I obtained a B.Sc and M.Sc in Chemical Engineering at the National University of Colombia. I worked with biodiesel andethanol combustion. I joined the CoMo group in 2011 and became a member of St. Edmunds College at the University of Cambrige. My PhD has been generously funded by COLCIENCIAS (Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia). My research interests are combustion with enphasis in soot formation in laminar flames. I am also interested in biofuels combustionResearch Themes

Recent Preprints
246: The impact of cyclic fuels on the formation and structure of soot
Maurin Salamanca, Maria Botero, Jacob W. Martin, Jochen Dreyer, Jethro Akroyd, and Markus Kraft, Technical Report 246, c4e-Preprint Series, Cambridge, 2019.
213: Detailed characterisation of TiO2 nano-aggregate morphology using TEM image analysis
Manoel Y. Manuputty, Casper Lindberg, Maria Botero, Jethro Akroyd, and Markus Kraft, Technical Report 213, c4e-Preprint Series, Cambridge, 2018.
209: Internal structure of soot particles in a diffusion flame
Maria Botero, Yuan Sheng, Jethro Akroyd, Jacob W. Martin, Jochen Dreyer, Wenming Yang, and Markus Kraft, Technical Report 209, c4e-Preprint Series, Cambridge, 2018.
207: Flexoelectricity and the formation of carbon nanoparticles in flames
Jacob W. Martin, Maria Botero, Radomir I. Slavchov, Kimberly L. Bowal, Jethro Akroyd, Sebastian Mosbach, and Markus Kraft, Technical Report 207, c4e-Preprint Series, Cambridge, 2018.
Recent Publications
Mechanical Properties of Soot Particles: The Impact of Crosslinked Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Laura Pascazio, Jacob W. Martin, Maria Botero, Mariano Sirignano, Andrea D'Anna, and Markus Kraft, Combustion Science and Technology 193(4), 643-663, (2021).
On the thermophoretic sampling and TEM-based characterisation of soot particles in flames
Maria Botero, Jethro Akroyd, Dongping Chen, Markus Kraft, and John R. Agudelo, Carbon 171, 711-722, (2021).
Juan Ramírez, David Soto, Sebastian López, Jethro Akroyd, Daniel Nurkowski, Maria Botero, Nicola Bianco, George Brownbridge, Markus Kraft, and Alejandro Molina, Education for Chemical Engineers 33, 36-44, (2020).
The impact of cyclic fuels on the formation and structure of soot
Maurin Salamanca, Maria Botero, Jacob W. Martin, Jochen Dreyer, Jethro Akroyd, and Markus Kraft, Combustion and Flame 219, 1-12, (2020).
Contact Details
Email: | mluisa.botero@udea.edu.co_delete_this_bit |
Telephone: | +44 (0)1223 762784 |
Address: | Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology University of Cambridge West Cambridge Site Philippa Fawcett Drive Cambridge CB3 0AS United Kingdom |