The effect of dielectric constant of materials on unipolar diffusion charging of nanoparticles

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 463-468

  Shin, Weon Gyu ^a   Qi, Chaolong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Fissan, Heinz ^b   Pui, David Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA) eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Intrinsic charged fraction; Mean charge; Unipolar diffusion charging

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; NANOPARTICLES; PERMITTIVITY;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; COMPACT MORPHOLOGY; INTRINSIC CHARGED FRACTION; IONIC ATMOSPHERE; MEAN CHARGE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARTICLE MATERIALS; UNIPOLAR DIFFUSION CHARGING;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 64849117480     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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