Development of a transfer function for a personal, thermophoretic nanoparticle sampler

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-89

  Leith, David ^a   Miller Lionberg, Dan ^a   Casuccio, Gary ^b   Lersch, Traci ^b   Lentz, Hank ^b   Marchese, Anthony ^c   Volckens, John ^a,c  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

^c Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NANOPARTICLE AEROSOLS; NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURES; NORMALIZATION FACTORS; THERMOPHORETIC FORCE; THERMOPHORETIC VELOCITIES;

AEROSOLS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRICITY; GAS FLOW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL PRECIPITATION SAMPLER; VELOCITY;

EID: 84890698969     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.861593     Document Type: Article

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