Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

[HTML][HTML] How the understanding of atmospheric new particle formation has evolved along with the development of measurement and analysis methods

K Lehtipalo, T Nieminen, S Schobesberger… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2024 - Elsevier
The chain of chemical and physical processes leading to formation of new aerosol particles
from gaseous precursors vapors is often called new particle formation (NPF). Although first …

Factors that govern sub-3 nm particle measurements in an Airmodus® PSM and a TSI® DEG–SMPS

Y Liu, M Attoui, Y Li, J Chen, Q Li… - Aerosol Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Measurements of sub-3 nm particles are technically challenging and characterized with
significant uncertainties. This study selected two types of widely used commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Fast and sensitive measurements of sub-3 nm particles using Condensation Particle Counters For Atmospheric Rapid Measurements (CPC FARM)

D Cheng, S Amanatidis, GS Lewis… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - amt.copernicus.org
New particle formation (NPF) is the atmospheric process whereby gas molecules react and
nucleate to form detectable particles. NPF has a strong impact on Earth's radiative balance …

Analytical deconvolution of smearing effect for inversion of scanning mobility particle sizer data

D Chen, C Sun, J Zhao - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) is a key instrument for aerosol studies that
enables rapid measurement of particle size distribution. When SMPS data are inverted, the …

Mobility distributions of Sub 5 nm singly self-charged water soluble and non-soluble particles from a heated NiCr wire in clean dry air

M Attoui - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sub 5 nm particles are more and more detected, measured and monitored since few years.
They appear in many fields including combustion, atmosphere, automotive industry …

Review of calibration and improvement methods of light-scattering airborne particle concentration

ZL Gao, QD Cheng, GL Zeng, Y Wen… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Clean environment and its internal airborne particle concentration have been paid more and
more attention, the demand for use and measurement of light-scattering airborne particle …

Opinion: Should high-resolution differential mobility analyzers be used in mainstream aerosol studies?

J Fernandez de la Mora - Aerosol Research, 2024 - ar.copernicus.org
Differential mobility analyzers (DMAs) are widely used instruments to measure the size
distributions of submicron aerosols. High-resolution DMAs (HRDMAs) are defined here as …

The role of ammonia and nitric acid on new particle formation and growth in urban environments

R Marten - 2022 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Aerosols are an important part of the atmosphere, they are defined as liquid or solid particles
suspended in air, ranging from one nanometer to tens of micrometers in diameter. Aerosols …