Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is a central concern for public health. Current legislation
relies on a mass concentration basis, despite broad acceptance that mass alone is …

Air pollution is one of the major contributors to the global burden of disease, with particulate
matter (PM) as one of its central concerns. Thus, there is a great need for exposure and risk …

Concerns about the environmental and public health effects of particulate matter (PM) have
stimulated interest in analytical techniques capable of measuring the size and chemical …

Quantitative chemical analysis of airborne particulate matter (PM) is vital for the
understanding of health effects in indoor and outdoor environments, as well as for enforcing …

Particle size distributions are of profound interest in the study of ambient aerosols.
Electrostatic classification using the Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) and more …

Physical and chemical characterization of gas borne particles in the nanometer to sub‐
micrometer size range includes knowledge about particle size distribution and chemical …

Understanding the composition of particles in the atmosphere is critical because of their
health effects and their direct and indirect effects on radiative forcing, and hence on climate …

The wide diversity of atmospheric aerosol chemical composition and physicochemical
properties necessitates single-particle analysis to fully understand the chemical evolution of …

State-of-the-art aerosol nanoparticle techniques all have one feature in common: for
analysis they remove the nanoparticles from their original environment. Therefore, physical …

Aerosol particles are found throughout the atmosphere with considerable variety in
morphological characteristics and chemical composition. Identifying and characterizing …