Size-resolved online chemical analysis of nanoaerosol particles: a thermal desorption differential mobility analyzer coupled to a chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer

Wagner, Andrea C.; Bergen, Anton; Brilke, Sophia; Fuchs, Claudia; Ernst, Markus; Hoker, Jesica; Heinritzi, Martin; Simon, Mario; Bühner, Bertram; Curtius, Joachim; Kürten, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5489-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5489-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5489-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

Research article

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08 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 08 Oct 2018

Size-resolved online chemical analysis of nanoaerosol particles: a thermal desorption differential mobility analyzer coupled to a chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer

Andrea C. Wagner, Anton Bergen, Sophia Brilke, Claudia Fuchs, Markus Ernst, Jesica Hoker, Martin Heinritzi, Mario Simon, Bertram Bühner, Joachim Curtius, and Andreas Kürten

Data sets

Dataset for 10.5194/amt-11-1-2018 A. C. Wagner, A. Bergen, S. Brilke, C. Fuchs, M. Ernst, J. Hoker, M. Heinritzi, M. Simon, B. Bühner, J. Curtius, and A. Kürten https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1443176

Short summary

Chemical analysis of sub-30 nm aerosol particles is important for understanding aerosol nucleation and early growth, yet it is still an experimental challenge. In this study, we present a novel device for size resolved chemical analysis of nucleation and Aitken mode particles (from ~10 to ~30 nm) while allowing gas phase measurements with the same detector. Particles are charged, size selected, electrostatically collected and then thermally desorbed in a carrier gas.