1st Edition

Fundamentals and Applications in Aerosol Spectroscopy

Edited By Ruth Signorell, Jonathan P. Reid Copyright 2011
    536 Pages 259 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    536 Pages 259 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Helping you better understand the processes, instruments, and methods of aerosol spectroscopy, Fundamentals and Applications in Aerosol Spectroscopy provides an overview of the state of the art in this rapidly developing field. It covers fundamental aspects of aerosol spectroscopy, applications to atmospherically and astronomically relevant problems, and several aspects that need further research and development.

    Chapters in the book are arranged in order of decreasing wavelength of the light/electrons. The text starts with infrared spectroscopy, one of the most important aerosol characterization methods for laboratory studies, field measurements, remote sensing, and space missions. It then focuses on Raman spectroscopy for investigating aerosol processes in controlled laboratory studies and for analyzing environmental particles and atmospheric pollution. The next section discusses the use of cavity ring-down spectroscopy to measure light extinction, laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy to identify and classify biological aerosol particles, and ultrafast laser techniques to improve the specificity of bioaerosol detection. The final section examines recent developments involving novel techniques based on UV, x-ray, and electron beam studies.

    This book offers the first comprehensive overview of the spectroscopy of aerosols. It includes some results for the first time in the literature and presents a unique link between fundamental aspects and applications.

    Infrared Spectroscopy
    Infrared Spectroscopy of Aerosol Particles, Thomas Leisner and Robert Wagner
    Vibrational Excitons: A Molecular Model to Analyze Infrared Spectra of Aerosols, George Firanescu, Thomas C. Preston, Chia C. Wang, and Ruth Signorell
    Aerosol Nanocrystals of Water Ice: Structure, Proton Activity, Adsorbate Effects, and H-Bond Chemistry, J. Paul Devlin
    Infrared Extinction and Size Distribution Measurements of Mineral Dust Aerosol, Paula K. Hudson, Mark A. Young, Paul D. Kleiber, and Vicki H. Grassian
    Infrared Spectroscopy of Dust Particles in Aerosols for Astronomical Application, Akemi Tamanai and Harald Mutschke

    Raman Spectroscopy
    Linear and Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy of Single Aerosol Particles, N.-O.A. Kwamena and Jonathan P. Reid
    Raman Spectroscopy of Single Particles Levitated by an Electrodynamic Balance for Atmospheric Studies, Alex K.Y. Lee and Chak K. Chan
    Micro-Raman Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Environmental Particles, Sanja Potgieter-Vermaak, Anna Worobiec, Larysa Darchuk, and Rene Van Grieken
    Raman Lidar for the Characterization of Atmospheric Particulate Pollution, Detlef Müller

    VIS/UV Spectroscopy, Fluorescence, and Scattering
    UV and Visible Light Scattering and Absorption Measurements on Aerosols in the Laboratory, Zbigniew Ulanowski and Martin Schnaiter
    Progress in the Investigation of Aerosols’ Optical Properties Using Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: Theory and Methodology, Ali Abo Riziq and Yinon Rudich
    Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectra and Angular Elastic Scattering Patterns of Single Atmospheric Aerosol Particles, R.G. Pinnick, Y.L. Pan, S.C. Hill, K.B. Aptowicz, and R.K. Chang
    Femtosecond Spectroscopy and Detection of Bioaerosols, Luigi Bonacina and Jean-Pierre Wolf
    Light Scattering by Fractal Aggregates, C.M. Sorensen

    UV, X-Ray, and Electron Beam Studies
    Aerosol Photoemission, Kevin R. Wilson, Hendrik Bluhm, and Musahid Ahmed
    Elastic Scattering of Soft X-Rays from Free Size-Selected Nanoparticles, Harald Bresch, Bernhard Wassermann, Burkhard Langer, Christina Graf, and Eckart Rühl
    Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy: Applications in Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Ryan C. Moffet, Alexei V. Tivanski, and Mary K. Gilles
    Electron Beam Analysis and Microscopy of Individual Particles, Alexander Laskin

    Biography

    Ruth Signorell is a professor in physical and analytical chemistry at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Signorell has been a recipient of the Werner Award from the Swiss Chemical Society, an A.P. Sloan Fellowship from the United States, the Thermo Fisher Scientific Spectroscopy Award from the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, and the Keith Laidler award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry. She earned her Ph.D. from ETH Zurich. Her research encompasses infrared and extreme ultraviolet studies of aerosols.

    Jonathan P. Reid is a professor in physical chemistry and a Leadership Fellow of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council at the University of Bristol. Dr. Reid has been a recipient of the Harrison Memorial Prize and the Marlow Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford. His research focuses on developing new techniques to characterize and manipulate aerosol particles using light.