Many of the significant advances in our understanding of atmospheric particles can be
attributed to the application of mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry provides high …

Currently, considerable attention has been paid to atmospheric particulate matter (PM)
investigation due to its importance in human health and global climate change. Surface …

Microplastics pollution is becoming one of the most serious threats to the surface ecosystem
of the earth; it is widespread in oceans, rivers, sediments, soils, and organisms. It is a …

Environmental context. The remarkable enrichment of potentially toxic antimony (Sb) in
inhalable airborne particulate matter has become of great environmental concern among …

The atmospheric aerosol particles have a potential heavy burden on environment, climate,
and human health, which were closely related to the surface physicochemical properties …

Carbonaceous aerosols (CAs) consist of various forms of carbon such as black carbon,
elemental carbon, the inorganic, and organic carbon emitted from incomplete combustion of …

Size–fractioned atmospheric aerosol particles were collected during a typical heavy air
pollution event in Beijing. The organic and inorganic components on the surfaces of the …

Applications of time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) were
demonstrated, focusing on multivariate analysis (MVA) such as principal component …

Size‐segregated particles were collected with a ten‐stage micro‐orifice uniform deposit
impactor from a busy walkway in a downtown area of Hong Kong. The surface chemical …

Atmospheric aerosol particle samples were collected using an Ambient Eight Stage (Non-
Viable) Cascade Impactor Sampler in a typical urban area of Beijing from 27th Sep. to 5th …