A high efficiency, high throughput unipolar aerosol charger for nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-126

  Chen, Da Ren ^a   Pui, David Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol charger; Experiments; Fuchs theory; Nanoparticles; Unipolar charging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000900028     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010087311616     Document Type: Article

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