Nanoparticles exhibit superior bodily and chemical properties, making them extremely fascinating for numerous functions. Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) is a flexible method for synthesizing measurement and composition-controlled steel oxide/sulfide nanoparticles by means of a gas-phase response. To know the elemental mechanisms governing nanoparticle formation in FSP, simplified single-droplet experiments have confirmed to unravel the physicochemical mechanisms of liquid steel precursor combustions. This work introduces a novel technique utilizing flame emission spectroscopy and high-speed imaging to investigate combustion species and steel launch throughout metalorganic single droplet combustions, with the instance of the 2-ethylhexanoci acid (EHA)–tetrahydrothiophene (THT)–mesitylcopper (MiCu) precursor system. The tactic allows the tracing of precursor parts launched from droplet into the flame by spatial and temporal resolved emission monitoring from combustion species (OH*, CH*, C2*, CS*, CS2*) and atomic spectral strains (Cu I). The monitoring of steel emission allows the direct commentary of the particle formation route, providing novel insights into the metalorganic precursor combustions. The findings of this work present a direct correlation between micro-explosions and nanoparticle formation by means of the gas-to-particle route. The discharge of copper emissions is noticed with the micro-explosion occasion, marking the micro-explosions because the essential mechanism for the steel launch and subsequent nanoparticle formation through the combustion course of. The outcomes point out a metalorganic viscous shell formation (THT + MiCu) resulting in the micro explosion. The EHA/THT ratio considerably impacts the combustion conduct. Decrease ratios result in a gradual copper launch earlier than the micro explosion; larger ratios shorten the copper launch and delay the micro explosion – the best ratio leads to two distinct burning phases.
