Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

The application of mass spectrometric techniques to the real‐time measurement and
characterization of aerosols represents a significant advance in the field of atmospheric …

The Earth's atmosphere offers a striking contrast with other known planets by its rich organic
composition, which results almost exclusively from the presence of life on the planet. About …

Particulate emissions from motor vehicles have received increased attention over the past
two decades owing to associations observed between ambient particulate matter (PM) …

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 …

A recently developed algorithm (Zhang et al., 2005) has been applied to deconvolve the
mass spectra of organic aerosols acquired with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) in …

Aluminum nanoparticles are being considered as a possible fuel in advanced energetic
materials application. Of considerable interest therefore is a knowledge of just how reactive …

This review explores some of the design choices made with single particle mass
spectrometers. Different instruments have used various configurations of inlets, particle …

Aerosol mass spectrometry has become an essential tool in monitoring tropospheric
aerosols. Various approaches have been developed for analyzing particles that range in …

The second Ice Nuclei Spectroscopy (INSPECT‐II) campaign was conducted at Storm Peak
Laboratory in northwestern Colorado in April and May 2004. The physical and chemical …