Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: A Facile and Rapid Method for the Chemical Component Study of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 6260-6267

  Fu, Yu ^a   Kuppe, Christian ^b   Valev, Ventsislav K ^b   Fu, Hongbo ^a   Zhang, Liwu ^a   Chen, Jianmin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; NAPHTHALENE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NAPHTHALENE; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ILLUMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SURFACE PROPERTY; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 85020899947     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05910     Document Type: Article

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