Nanoparticles in the environment

JF Banfield, H Zhang - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2001 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Nanoparticles are discrete nanometer (10-9 m)-scale assemblies of atoms. Thus, they have
dimensions between those characteristic of ions (10-10 m) and those of macroscopic …

The design of single particle laser mass spectrometers

DM Murphy - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This review explores some of the design choices made with single particle mass
spectrometers. Different instruments have used various configurations of inlets, particle …

A new time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (TOF-AMS)—Instrument description and first field deployment

F Drewnick, SS Hings, P DeCarlo… - Aerosol Science and …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
We report the development and first field deployment of a new version of the Aerosol Mass
Spectrometer (AMS), which is capable of measuring non-refractory aerosol mass …

Quantitative sampling using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer 1. Techniques of data interpretation and error analysis

JD Allan, JL Jimenez, PI Williams… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS), manufactured by Aerodyne Research, Inc., has been
shown to be capable of delivering quantitative information on the chemical composition and …

Characterization of urban and rural organic particulate in the Lower Fraser Valley using two Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometers

MR Alfarra, H Coe, JD Allan, KN Bower… - Atmospheric …, 2004 - Elsevier
Two Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometers (AMS) were deployed at three sites
representing urban, semi-rural and rural areas during the Pacific 2001 experiment in the …

Collection efficiencies in an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer as a function of particle phase for laboratory generated aerosols

BM Matthew, AM Middlebrook… - Aerosol Science and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) is a useful tool to study ambient particles.
To be quantitative, the mass or (number) of particles detected by the AMS relative to the …

Single particle X-ray diffractive imaging

MJ Bogan, WH Benner, S Boutet, U Rohner… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In nanotechnology, strategies for the creation and manipulation of nanoparticles in the gas
phase are critically important for surface modification and substrate-free characterization …

Particle morphology and density characterization by combined mobility and aerodynamic diameter measurements. Part 2: Application to combustion-generated soot …

JG Slowik, K Stainken, P Davidovits… - Aerosol Science and …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Composition, shape factor, size, and fractal dimension of soot aerosol particles generated in
a propane/O2, flame were determined as a function of the fuel equivalence ratio (φ). Soot …

Quantitative sampling using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer 2. Measurements of fine particulate chemical composition in two UK cities

JD Allan, MR Alfarra, KN Bower… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
In part 1 of this series, techniques for generating quantitative information on fine airborne
particulate‐size and chemically resolved mass concentration from an Aerodyne aerosol …

Development and characterization of an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer with increased detection efficiency

Y Su, MF Sipin, H Furutani, KA Prather - Analytical Chemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the development and characterization studies of a more efficient
aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS), showing results for the on-line detection …