Overview of methods for analysing single ultrafine particles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1775, 2000, Pages 2593-2610

  Maynard, Andrew D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Electron microscopy; Particle collection; Scanning probe microscopy; Single particle analysis; Ultrafine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347933177     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0671     Document Type: Article

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