Soft X-ray charger (SXC) system for use with electrospray for mobility measurement of bioaerosols

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Modesto Lopez, Luis B ^a,b   Kettleson, Eric M ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrospray; Photoionization; Proteins; Size spectrometry analysis; Soft X ray charger; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BIOAEROSOLS; BIOPARTICLES; BIPOLAR IONS; CHARGE STATE; ELECTROSPRAYS; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SAFETY CONCERNS; SIZE SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS; SOFT X-RAY; SOFT X-RAY CHARGER;

AEROSOLS; SPECTROMETRY; VIRUSES; X RAYS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959507021     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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