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Research article
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12 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 12 Mar 2019
| 12 Mar 2019
Quantitative capabilities of STXM to measure spatially resolved organic volume fractions of mixed organic ∕ inorganic particles
Matthew Fraund
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
Tim Park
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
Lin Yao
Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875,
China
Daniel Bonanno
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
Don Q. Pham
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
current address: Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA 94954, USA
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Short summary
Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) is a powerful tool which is able to determine the elemental and functional composition of aerosols on a subparticle level. The current work validates the use of STXM for quantitatively calculating the organic volume fraction of individual aerosols by applying the calculation to lab-prepared samples. The caveats and limitations for this calculation are shown as well.
Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) is a powerful tool which is able to determine the...
