On-site airborne pathogen detection for infection risk mitigation

G Qiu, X Zhang, AJ deMello, M Yao, J Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Human-infecting pathogens that transmit through the air pose a significant threat to public
health. As a prominent instance, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

A new filterless indoor air purifier for particulate matter and bioaerosol based on heterogeneous condensation

S Yan, C Liu, L Hou, B Wang, Y Zhang - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Using an indoor air purifier is an important solution for improving indoor air quality and
protecting people from the harmful effects of air pollution on their health. The filter air …

Aerosol deposition and dispersion during nuclear reactor decommissioning

E Ozdemir, S Miwa, E Porcheron, S Suzuki… - … Engineering and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of aerosol particle deposition and dispersion has gained increasing importance in
a range of applications such as aerosol monitoring, air pollution management, and industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Development of improved spray system with effective electrical electrodes for aerosol removal: An experimental study in UTARTS facility

R Xu, AK Sharma, S Miwa, S Suzuki - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Safe reactor decommissioning, especially for damaged Fukushima Daiichi (1F) nuclear
power plants, is vital for environmental safety. Key challenges include remotely cleaning …

The difference of two laser diffraction patterns as an indicator for post-depositional grain size reduction in loess-paleosol sequences

P Schulte, F Lehmkuhl - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical and physical processes within aeolian sediments result in a reduction of the
particle grain size. In loess sediments the post-depositional grain size variation is due to a …

Microbial composition in seasonal time series of free tropospheric air and precipitation reveals community separation

N Els, C Larose, K Baumann-Stanzer, R Tignat-Perrier… - Aerobiologia, 2019 - Springer
Primary biological aerosols are transported over large distances, are traveling in various
media such as dry air masses, clouds or fog, and eventually deposited with dry deposition …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of aerosol spray scavenging efficiency by pre-injecting electrically charged water mist

R Xu, AK Sharma, S Miwa, S Suzuki - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient aerosol scavenging is crucial for gas purification to reduce environmental pollution
in various chemical industries. In nuclear reactor decommissioning, especially for damaged …

Below-cloud aerosol scavenging by different-intensity rains in Beijing city

T Luan, X Guo, T Zhang, L Guo - Journal of Meteorological Research, 2019 - Springer
Below-cloud aerosol scavenging process by precipitation is important for cleaning the
polluted aerosols in the atmosphere, and is also a main process for acid rain formation …

Comparing coarse-resolution land surface temperature products over Western Australia

D Botje, A Dewan, TC Chakraborty - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Satellite-derived land surface temperature (LST) has commonly been used to monitor global
temperature changes. The MODIS MYD11A2 product is the most common coarse-resolution …

Scavenging of laser-generated aerosols with electrostatic-charged spray droplets

AK Sharma, R Xu, Z Ahmed, S Miwa, B Blaisot… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, high radiation hot spots were found
at the concrete shield plugs above the Primary Containment Vessel (PCV), indicating that …