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Capability and efficiency of droplets in removing nanoparticle contaminants from Si wafer via high-speed microdroplet impaction Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jinhyo Park, Seungwook Lee, Jeonggeon Kim, Donggeun Lee
The high-speed impact of liquid microdroplets has emerged as a promising method to eliminate nanoparticle contaminants from semiconductor wafer surfaces. However, existing experimental studies have...
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Light scattering from spherical and irregular particles over a wide angular range Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Prakash Gautam, Hans Moosmüller, Justin B. Maughan, Christopher M. Sorensen
We present laboratory measurements of angular light scattering intensity for aerosolized, micron-sized, irregularly shaped aluminum oxide (Al2O3) abrasive powders with different grit sizes. The mea...
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A new equation for the mean free path of air Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Dimitrios G. Tsalikis, Vlasis G. Mavrantzas, Sotiris E. Pratsinis
A recent rigorous methodology for determining the mean free path, λ, of air at ambient conditions [Tsalikis, D. G., Mavrantzas, V. G., & Pratsinis, S. E. (2023). Physics of Fluids, 35, 097131] is e...
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Rapid assessment of jet engine-like soot from combustion of conventional and sustainable aviation fuels using flame spray pyrolysis Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Jason Scott, Timothy A. Sipkens, Greg Smallwood, Rym Mehri, Joel C. Corbin, Prem Lobo, M. Reza Kholghy
Black carbon, or soot, is one of the highest contributors to global warming. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted regulatory standards for soot from aircraft engines, al...
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Correction Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09
Published in Aerosol Science and Technology (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Application of binary homogeneous nucleation theory to the generation of liquid aerosols from water vapor with a highly dilute reactant Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Mikhail S. Veshchunov
The modified Reiss theory of binary homogeneous nucleation is applied to liquid aerosols of highly diluted composition in the approximation of a weak solution. In the framework of the weak solution...
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A new airborne single particle mass spectrometer: PALMS-NG Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Justin L. Jacquot, Xiaoli Shen, Maya Abou-Ghanem, Karl D. Froyd, Michael Lawler, Gregory P. Schill, Kyra Slovacek, David S. Thomson, Daniel J. Cziczo, Daniel M. Murphy
An updated version of the Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry (PALMS) instrument, termed PALMS-NG (-Next Generation), has been designed to characterize particles in the troposphere and str...
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Novel instrument to measure water uptake, dissolution and hygroscopic growth of an individual levitated aerosol particle in an environment identical to the lung (relative humidity >99.5%) Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Allen Haddrell, David Lewis, Tanya Church, Jonathan Reid
Dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are commonly used devices for delivering inhalable pharmaceuticals. The overall efficacy of any inhalable pharmaceutical is a function of total and regional dose, and the...
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Spatial and temporal characterization of droplet diameter and velocities of a nasal spray atomization Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 James Van Strien, Sara Vahaji, Petros Lappas, David Morton, Kiao Inthavong
Nasal sprays can deliver drugs topically to the nasal cavity and, alternatively, to the vascular system via the nasal epithelium, avoiding painful injections. The atomized spray characteristics can...
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Complex refractive index of vanillic acid aerosol retrieved from 270–600 nm using aerosol extinction and solution phase absorption measurements Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Vahid Hosseinpour Hashemi, Tyler Galpin, Margaret E. Greenslade
The complex refractive index of vanillic acid, a component of biomass burning emission, in aerosol form generated by atomization is determined from optical measurements over the wavelength range of...
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Performance of the Naneos partector 2 multi-metric nanoparticle detector at reduced temperature and pressure conditions Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 S. Bezantakos, C. K. Varnava, R. Papaconstantinou, G. Biskos
Portable instruments that can measure the number concentration and size of airborne nanoparticles are very useful for assessing their impacts on human health and climate, mainly because they can en...
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AS&T virtual collection: Aerosol particle physical chemistry Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Cari Dutcher, Margaret Tolbert, Barbara Wyslouzil
Published in Aerosol Science and Technology (Vol. 58, No. 4, 2024)
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Surface modulated dissociation of organic aerosol acids and bases in different atmospheric environments Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Gargi Sengupta, Nønne L. Prisle
The protonation state of organic acids and bases in aqueous aerosols has the potential to impact cloud activating properties by altering H+ concentrations, and consequently the aerosol chemistry an...
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Size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei activity of aerosol particles sampled above the mixing layer Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Zhaoze Deng, Liang Ran, Xiaobin Xu, Peng Yan, Ping Tian, Weili Lin, Yunfei Wu, Renjian Zhang, Weilin Pan, Daren Lu
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) is a key factor in the formation and evolution of clouds and thereby the climate. An investigation on particle number size distributions (PNSDs) and CCN properties a...
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Correlation gas chromatography and two-dimensional volatility basis methods to predict gas-particle partitioning for e-cigarette aerosols Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Linhui Tian, Wonsik Woo, Alexa Canchola, Kunpeng Chen, Ying-Hsuan Lin
E-cigarette aerosols contain a complex mixture of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals. Once released into the environment, they evolve and become new sources of indoor air pollutants that cou...
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Dust resuspension from fabrics exposed to airflow Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Jie Feng, Tsz Wai Lai, Sau Chung Fu, Ka Chung Chan, Chun-Ho Liu, Christopher Y.H. Chao
Dust resuspension from four typical fabrics (cotton, linen, silk, and polyester) exposed to airflow with common velocities within 0–10 m/s, including a moving fabric case and a fixed fabric case, w...
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Mass absorption cross section of black carbon for Aethalometer in the Arctic Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Mohit Singh, Yutaka Kondo, Sho Ohata, Tatsuhiro Mori, Naga Oshima, Antti Hyvärinen, John Backman, Eija Asmi, Henri Servomaa, Franz Martin Schnaiter, Elisabeth Andrews, Sangeeta Sharma, Kostas Eleftheriadis, Stergios Vratolis, Yongjing Zhao, Makoto Koike, Nobuhiro Moteki, P. R. Sinha
Long-term measurements of the mass concentration of black carbon (BC) in the atmosphere (MBC) with well-constrained accuracy are indispensable to quantify its emission, transport, and deposition. T...
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Evaluation of a non-dispersive infrared spectrometer for quantifying organic and elemental carbon in diesel particulate matter Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 David A. Parks, Yongli Zhao, Peter R. Griffiths, Arthur L. Miller
Diesel particulate matter (DPM) is a common and well-known health hazard in the mining environment. The regulatory method for monitoring both the organic and elemental carbon (OC, EC) portions of D...
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Development of an openable small cyclone for atmospheric particulate matter sampling for toxicological experiments Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Chiharu Nishita-Hara, Kohei Nakano, Ayumi Iwata, Muhammad Aiman bin Mohd Nor, Tatsuhiro Mori, Hyunwoo Youn, Tomoaki Okuda
The chemical components and mechanisms underlying the toxicity and adverse health effects of particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere have not been fully elucidated. After designing a small, opena...
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Morphological classification of fine particles in transmission electron microscopy images by using pre-trained convolution neural networks Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jasmita Khadgi, Haebum Lee, Juchan Seo, Jin-hyuk Hong, Kihong Park
Morphological information on fine particles is essential for understanding their transport behavior in the ambient atmosphere and in the human respiratory system. More than 3000 transmission electr...
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Inactivation of virions in host particles in air using 222- and 254-nm UV: Dependence of shielding on particle size and UV wavelength Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Steven C. Hill, David C. Doughty, Daniel W. Mackowski
UV light at 222 nm inactivates SARS-CoV-2 virions at intensities appearing to be benign to skin and eyes. It can disinfect air without requiring protection of persons from UV as is needed at longer...
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Aerosol deposition in 90-degree bends: An enhanced empirical equation and a design concept of reducing losses Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Shibo Wang, Chih-Wei Lin, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Chieh Chen
Accurate theoretical calculations of particle deposition in a 90° bend rely on understanding its flow field characteristics. However, given the complexity of the flow patterns within the bend, most...
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First complex refractive indices retrieval from FIR to UV: Application to kaolinite particles Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Maria Chehab, Hervé Herbin, Alexandre Deguine, Sylvie Gosselin, Valentine Bizet, Denis Petitprez
Knowledge of the optical properties, in particular the complex refractive indices (CRI), of aerosols is crucial to better quantify their impact on the environment from remote sensing techniques. Ho...
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Effects of heating power and nicotine concentration on aerosol size distribution of a vaping device Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Mohammad Shajid Rahman, Kaniz Ronak Sultana, Yoka Cho, Alex Yumshtyk, Tarik Kaya, Edgar Matida
Vaping devices with a reduced heating power have the potential to generate less harmful chemicals. This leads the importance of examining particle size distribution (PSD) of undiluted aerosol at re...
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Measurement of sub-4 nm particle emission from FFF-3D printing with the TSI Nano Enhancer and the Airmodus Particle Size Magnifier Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Chi-Long Tang, Stefan Seeger
The emission of ultrafine particles from small desktop Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printers has been frequently investigated in the past years. However, the vast majority of FFF emission an...
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Prediction of the temporal evolution of microparticle resuspension in ventilated duct during a fan start by a Monte Carlo model Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Jesica Benito, Félicie Theron, Laurence Le Coq, Rodolfo Uñac, Ana Vidales
When a fan is turned on in a Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) duct, it first exhibits a transient airflow period (acceleration regime) which is then followed by a constant airflow (s...
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Verifying the viable particle counts of biofluorescent particle counters by using inkjet aerosol generators Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Kenjiro Iida, Takuji Ikeda, Takashi Minakami, Hiromu Sakurai
A method was developed to verify the viable counts of BioTrakTM (TSI Model 9510-BD) without using test bacteria. In this method, an inkjet aerosol generator (IAG) was used to deliver a known number...
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Air change rate and SARS-CoV-2 exposure in hospitals and residences: A meta-analysis Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Yuetong Zhang, Sripriya Nannu Shankar, William B. Vass, John A. Lednicky, Z. Hugh Fan, Duzgun Agdas, Robert Makuch, Chang-Yu Wu
As COVID-19 swept across the globe, increased ventilation and implementation of air cleaning were emphasized by the US CDC and WHO as important strategies to reduce the risk of inhalation exposure ...
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Design and validation of a wind tunnel for viral aerosol filtration testing Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Vincent Brochu, Gabriel St-Onge, Nathalie Turgeon, Marc Veillette, Mathieu Olivier, Caroline Duchaine
Face masks were heavily used during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to reduce the transmission of the virus by aerosols. These facial barriers are tested in laboratory against particles and bacteria, but t...
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Measurement of 100 nm monodisperse particles by four Accurate methods: Traceability and uncertainty Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 George W. Mulholland, Kaleb J. Duelge, Vincent A. Hackley, Natalia Farkas, John A. Kramar, Michael R. Zachariah, Keiji Takahata, Hiromu Sakurai, Kensei Ehara
Accurate measurements of particle diameter are necessary for quantitative characterization of key aerosol properties including the Cunningham slip correction factor, charging probability, diffusion...
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Estimation of microbial inhalation exposure and prediction of microbial concentrations in rail transportation facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Bong Gu Lee, Yea Joon Kim, Joo Eun Shim, Hyesoo Lee, Min-Kyeong Yeo
Transportation facilities are characterized by high population density and significant passenger turnover. These environments provide optimal conditions for the transmission of airborne microorgani...
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Adhesion force analysis for prevention of particle resuspension in multiplexed inertial coalescence filters Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Rawand M. Rasheed, John M. Lentz, Irfan M. Zobayed, Zhen Liu, Anoop Rajappan, Damian Gonzalez, Daniel J. Preston
Fine airborne particles (<10 µm) pose challenges for engineered systems, human health, and environmental pollution. This work investigates the relative influences of van der Waals and capillary adh...
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The BioCascade impactor: A novel device for direct collection of size-fractionated bioaerosols into liquid medium Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yuqiao Chen, Jiayi Chen, Sripriya Nannu Shankar, Stavros Amanatidis, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, Nathan Kreisberg, Steven Spielman, John A. Lednicky, Chang-Yu Wu
The ability to collect size-fractionated airborne particles that contain viable bacteria and fungi directly into liquid medium while also maintaining their viability is critical for assessing expos...
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Understanding the performance of pressurized metered dose inhalers formulated with low Global warming potential propellants Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Hui Wang, Jasmim Leal, Mani Ordoubadi, Zahra Minootan, Kellisa Lachacz, Nicholas Carrigy, David Lechuga-Ballesteros, Reinhard Vehring
Switching to low-global warming potential (GWP) propellants for pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) is crucial in current inhalation product development, as it is crucial to safeguard patient...
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Size-dependent depositional loss of inorganic, organic, and mixed composition particles to Teflon chamber walls under various environmental and chemical conditions Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Adrianne Nakagawa, Kelvin H. Bates, Tran B. Nguyen
Corrections for first-order particle losses to Teflon chamber walls are important sources of uncertainty in experimental studies of particle formation and aging. Particle size distributions and env...
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Exploring the discrepancies between SMPS and AMS measurements in secondary organic aerosol formation experiments Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Damianos Pavlidis, Dontavious J. Sippial, Kalliopi Florou, Evangelia Kostenidou, Spyros N. Pandis
Inconsistencies have often been observed between the measurements obtained from the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) and the Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) during laboratory experiments foc...
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Study on the behavior of particle impaction on single droplet in reactor container Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Junhong Ji, Sitong Zhang, Deqiang Li, Jing Xie, Yaoyuan Zhang
Numerical simulations of the aerosol particles flow past a spherical droplet are carried out to determine the effect of particles Stokes number of 0.001 to 10 and the Reynolds number of 100 to 1000...
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Gas-particle partitioning process contributes more to nitrate dominated air pollution than oxidation process in northern China Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Xiao Tian, Haofei Yu, Yuting Wei, Zongbo Shi, Yinchang Feng, Linlin Zhang, Guoliang Shi
Nitrate has been recognized as a key aerosol component in regional haze formation in China. However, reducing nitrate aerosol concentration remains a major challenge. Generally, the formation of pa...
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Study of influencing factors of magnetic air filters applied in subway systems Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Yulin Zhu, Xiaofeng Li
In the subway system, a high concentration of iron particles can cause significant damage to human health, and magnetic filters that efficiently filter out iron particles have attracted considerabl...
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Evaluation and calibration of low-cost particulate matter sensors for respirable coal mine dust monitoring Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Zikang Feng, Lina Zheng, Xuehan Zhang, Jia Liu, Ning Xue, Mengmeng Wang
Prolonged exposure to coal mine dust has led to various respiratory diseases among coal mine workers. Accurate monitoring of personal exposure concentration is crucial for evaluating dust exposure ...
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Development of the Reiss theory for binary homogeneous nucleation of aerosols Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 M. S. Veshchunov
The Reiss theory for binary homogeneous nucleation in binary vapor mixtures is critically analyzed and further developed. Based on the analysis of phase space trajectories in the supercritical zone...
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Experimental characterization of particle wall-loss behaviors in UCR dual-90m3 Teflon chambers Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Chen Le, Ningjin Xu, Qi Li, Don R. Collins, David R. Cocker III
Particle size dependent wall-loss rates vary widely between Teflon environmental chambers. For instance, the UCR/CE-CERT dual-90 m3 collapsible Teflon chambers (UCR collapsible chamber) measured pa...
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The microphysics of surrogates of exhaled aerosols from the upper respiratory tract Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Jianghan Tian, Robert W. Alexander, Daniel A. Hardy, Thomas G. Hilditch, Henry P. Oswin, Allen E. Haddrell, Jonathan P. Reid
Airborne transmission plays a significant role in the transmission of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, for which the respiratory aerosol droplets are responsible for the transportation of pot...
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Direct influence of aerosol particles on cavity enhanced spectroscopy: Modeling and first experimental results Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Felix W. Stollberger, Michael J. Gleichweit, Gregory David, Ruth Signorell, Alexander Bergmann
This article presents the first experimental analysis of the influence of single, micrometer-sized aerosol particles on the reflectivity of a resonant Fabry-Pérot etalon (FPE). The results are pres...
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Fundamentals of low-cost aerosol sensor design and operation Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 James Ouimette, W. Patrick Arnott, Philip Laven, Richard Whitwell, Nagarajan Radhakrishnan, Suresh Dhaniyala, Michael Sandink, Jessica Tryner, John Volckens
Most evaluations of low-cost aerosol sensors have focused on their measurement bias compared to regulatory monitors. Few evaluations have applied fundamental principles of aerosol science to increa...
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Aerosol photoemission as a versatile tool for nanoparticle surface investigations: Evaluation of metal oxide formation and surface properties of multi-component particles Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Vinzent Olszok, Philipp Rembe, Alfred P. Weber
The presented work discusses an analytical setup that is capable of detecting surface alterations of aerosol nanoparticles. Utilizing the photoelectric effect, Aerosol Photoemission Spectroscopy (A...
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A comparison of real-world outdoor aging of Bacillus thuringiensis bioaerosols using Goldberg rotating drums and synthetic spider webs in Conroe, Texas Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Sean M. Kinahan, Gabriel A. Lucero, Matthew S. Tezak, Kevin Hommema, Paul Gemmer, Eric Scribben, Thomas Hawkyard, Don R. Collins, Kevin K. Crown, Joshua L. Santarpia
There are two predominant methods for understanding and studying bioaerosol aging: capture on microfibers, and Goldberg rotating drums. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach depen...
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Insights into the potential pathogenic bacteria and their interactions with meteorology and atmospheric pollution conditions examined during summer and winter in Xi’an, China Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Liu Yang, Yiming Yang, Junqiang Wei, Tao Wang, Lizhen Li, Zhenxing Shen
Bioaerosols can influence the atmospheric environment and human health. In this study, we investigated the diurnal variations of bioaerosols and the bacterial communities in PM2.5 during summer and...
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Rapid bioaerosol detection by measuring circular intensity differential scattering (CIDS) from single flowing through particle Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Yong-Le Pan, Aimable Kalume, Leonid Beresnev, Chuji Wang, Sean Kinahan, Danielle N. Rivera, Kevin K. Crown, Joshua Santarpia
We present an advanced optical method to measure the phase function of circular intensity differential scattering (CIDS), i.e., the normalized Mueller matrix element -S14/S11, from individual singl...
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Electrospray synthesis and in-situ sizing of nanoparticulate CsH2PO4 Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Áron Varga, Andrew J. Downard, Vanessa Evoen, Konstantinos P. Giapis, Richard C. Flagan, Sossina M. Haile
Nanometer-sized particles of the solid acid electrolyte material CsH2PO4 have been prepared by electrospray synthesis. Using a differential mobility analyzer to provide real-time particle-size info...
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Effects of ventilation rate and social distancing on risk of transmission of disease: a numerical study using Eulerian-Lagrangian method Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Wonseok Oh, Ryozo Ooka, Hideki Kikumoto, Sihwan Lee
This study utilized the Eulerian-Lagrangian method to investigate the risk of transmission of disease by tracking particles generated through coughing. The effects of ventilation rates (0.5, 5.0, a...
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The filtration efficiency of surgical masks for expiratory aerosol and droplets generated by vocal exercises Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Alicja Szczepanska, Joshua Harrison, Brian Saccente-Kennedy, Justice Archer, Natalie A. Watson, Christopher M. Orton, William J. Browne, Ruth Epstein, James D. Calder, Pallav L. Shah, Declan Costello, Bryan R. Bzdek, Jonathan P. Reid
Transmission of an airborne disease can occur when an individual exhales respiratory particles that contain infectious pathogens. Surgical face masks are often used to reduce the amount of respirat...
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Theoretical characterization of the kinetics of the multiphase ozonolysis of an aqueous maleic acid droplet Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Rawan AbouHaidar, Denis Duflot, Céline Toubin
Understanding the heterogeneous reactions and transformations between organic particles and gas–phase oxidants, such as ozone, within atmospheric aqueous phases is of crucial importance. However, i...
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Proceedings from a special symposium and panel session on the aerosol science of infectious diseases: what we learned and what we still need to know Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Justin Taylor, Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate, Krystal Pollitt, J. Alex Huffman
Published in Aerosol Science and Technology (Vol. 57, No. 12, 2023)
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Multi-modal chemical characterization of highly viscous submicrometer organic particles Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Ana C. Morales, Brianna N. Peterson, Steven A. L. Sharpe, Shelby M. Huston, Jay M. Tomlin, Felipe A. Rivera-Adorno, Ryan C. Moffet, Alla Zelenyuk, Alexander Laskin
Distinguishing highly viscous organic particles within complex mixtures of atmospheric aerosol and accurate descriptions of their composition, size distributions, and mixing states are challenges a...
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Impact of test methodology on the efficacy of triethylene glycol (Grignard Pure) against bacteriophage MS2 Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Katherine M. Ratliff, Lukas Oudejans, John Archer, Worth Calfee, Jerome U. Gilberry, David Adam Hook, William E. Schoppman, Robert W. Yaga, Lance Brooks, Shawn Ryan
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised interest in using chemical air treatments as part of a strategy to reduce the risk of disease transmission, but more information is needed to characterize their eff...
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The volatility of pollen extracts and their main constituents in aerosolized form via the integrated volume method (IVM) and the volatility basis set (VBS) Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Kevin Axelrod, Chiranjivi Bhattarai, Palina Bahdanovich, Vera Samburova, Andrey Y. Khlystov
The volatility of organic aerosol in the atmosphere is an important quality that determines the aerosol/gas partitioning of compounds in the atmosphere and thus influences their ability to particip...
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Volatile propellant droplet evaporation measurements in metered dose inhaler sprays Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Daniel J. Duke, Harry N. Scott, Anesu J. Kusangaya, Alan Kastengren, Jan Ilavsky, Brandon Sforzo, Benjamin Myatt, Phil Cocks, Stephen Stein, Paul Young, Damon Honnery
Many aerosol products rely on the rapid vaporization of volatile propellants to produce a fine spray. In the simplest case, these are binary mixtures of propellant and a delivered product which und...
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Comparing respiratory aerosol emissions between children and adults during sustained phonation Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Mahender Singh Rawat, Mehtap Agirsoy, Dinushani Senarathna, Byron D. Erath, Tanvir Ahmed, Sumona Mondal, Andrea R. Ferro
Respiratory aerosols arise due to bronchial fluid film bursting within the pulmonary tract, the vibration of the vocal folds during phonation, and articulation of the tongue/lips/teeth. We expect r...
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Optimization of sampling conditions to minimize sampling errors of both PM2.5 mass and its semi-volatile inorganic ion concentrations Aerosol Sci. Technol. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Thi-Cuc Le, Pallavi Gajanan Barhate, Kai-Jing Zhen, Manisha Mishra, David. Y. H. Pui, Chuen-Jinn Tsai
The accurate measurement of PM2.5 and its inorganic matters (IMs) is crucial for compliance monitoring and understanding particle formation. However, semi-volatile IMs (SVIMs) like NH4+, NO3−, and ...