Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Airborne pathogens are small microbes that can cause a multitude of diseases (eg, the
common cold, flu, asthma, anthrax, tuberculosis, botulism, and pneumonia). As pathogens …

Real‐time single particle mass spectrometry, or continuous aerosol mass spectrometry, was
originally developed in the 1970s for the purpose of identifying the chemical composition of …

Improved real‐time methods for characterizing airborne biological particles are needed.
Here we review our efforts in develo** techniques for measuring the laser‐induced …

Certain biogenic secondary organic aerosols (SOA) become absorbent and fluorescent
when exposed to reduced nitrogen compounds such as ammonia, amines, and their salts …

A three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) program has been developed to
provide a numerical solution for light scattering by nonspherical dielectric particles. The …

A technique for distinguishing biological material based on surface-enhanced Raman
scattering (SERS) is reported in this work. Of particular interest is biological material that can …

Reproducible fluorescence spectra of individual 2-to 5?? m-diameter biological aerosol
particles excited with a single shot from a Q-switched laser (266 or 351?? nm) have been …

This paper presents the results of the laboratory evaluation of the Ultraviolet Aerodynamic
Particle Size Spectrometer, the novel instrument for real-time continues monitoring of …

UV-LIF measurements were performed on ambient aerosol in Manchester, UK (urban city
centre, winter) and Borneo, Malaysia (remote, tropical) using a Wide Issue Bioaerosol …