Acoustic levitation of pollen and visualisation of  hygroscopic behaviour

Mills, Sophie A.; Milsom, Adam; Pfrang, Christian; MacKenzie, A. Rob; Pope, Francis D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4885-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4885-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4885-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

Research article

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26 Oct 2023

Research article |

| 26 Oct 2023

Acoustic levitation of pollen and visualisation of hygroscopic behaviour

Sophie A. Mills, Adam Milsom, Christian Pfrang, A. Rob MacKenzie, and Francis D. Pope

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4885-2023-supplement

Data sets

Research data supporting the publication "Acoustic levitation of pollen and visualisation of hygroscopic behaviour" S. A. Mills, A. Milsom, C. Pfrang, A. R. Mackenzie, and F. D. Pope https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000923

Short summary

Pollen grains are important components of the atmosphere and have the potential to impact upon cloud processes via their ability to help in the formation of rain droplets. This study investigates the hygroscopicity of two different pollen species using an acoustic levitator. Pollen grains are levitated, and their response to changes in relative humidity is investigated. A key advantage of this method is that it is possible study pollen shape under varying environmental conditions.