The morphology, crystal structure and size of aerosol nanoparticles generated by erosion of electrodes made of different materials (titanium, copper and aluminum) in a multi-spark discharge generator were investigated. The aerosol nanoparticle synthesis was carried out in air atmosphere at a capacitor stored energy of 6 J, a repetition rate of discharge of 0.5 Hz and a gas flow velocity of 5.4 m/s. The aerosol nanoparticles were generated in the form of oxides and had various morphologies: agglomerates of primary particles of TiO2 and Al2O3 or aggregates of primary particles of Cu2O. The average size of the primary nanoparticles ranged between 6.3 and 7.4 nm for the three substances studied. The average size of the agglomerates and aggregates varied in a wide interval from 24.6 nm for Cu2O to 46.1 nm for Al2O3.

• Alexey Efimov(Department of Physical and Quantum Electronics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.) Corresponding author
• Anna Lizunova(Department of Physical and Quantum Electronics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.)
• Valentin Sukharev(Department of Physical and Quantum Electronics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.)
• Victor Ivanov(Department of Physical and Quantum Electronics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.)