A micro aerosol sensor for the measurement of airborne ultrafine particles

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Zhu, Rong ^a   Yang, Wenming ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Micro aerosol sensor; Number concentration; Particle size; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS;

AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES; DIFFUSION CHARGING; MONODISPERSE AEROSOLS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PLANAR ELECTRODE; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84961842678     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16030399     Document Type: Article

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