Aerosol Science and Technology: Visualizing Science

 

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Headline Infographics

Condensed, graphical representations of research conclusions.

 

The hygroscopicity of nano-plastic particles and implications for cloud formation and climate

Chun-Ning Mao, Kanishk Gohil, Dewansh Rastogi, Akua Asa-Awuku (2024)

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Is double masking even worthwhile?

Peter H. Chea, Buddhi Pushpawela, Ryan X. Ward, Richard C. Flagan (2024)

Microfluidic platform

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Recent advances in experimental techniques for investigating aerosol surface tension

Alison Bain (2024)

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Field observations of aerosol particles in aircraft takeoff and taxiing plumes: A case study at Kobe Airport, Japan

Nobuyuki Takegawa (2023)

Field observations

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Microfluidic platform for coupled studies of freezing behavior and final effloresced particle morphology in Snomax® containing aqueous droplets

Nobuyuki Takegawa (2023)

Microfluidic platform

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Constraining the complex refractive index of black carbon particles using the complex forward-scattering amplitude

Nobuhiro Moteki, Sho Ohata, Atsushi Yoshida & Kouji Adachi (2023)

Field observations

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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace: Key findings from a rapid review of the literature

Jennie Cox, Brian Christensen, Nancy Burton, Kevin H. Dunn, Mikaela Finnegan, Ana Ruess & Cherie Estill (2023)

Field observations

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Effects of the VACES particle concentrator on secondary organic aerosol and ambient particle composition

L. M. Wingen, D. A. Herman, A. Keebaugh, G. Montoya, S. R. Renusch, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, M. T. Kleinman (2022)

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Computational and experimental study of aerosol dispersion in a ventilated room

George H. Downing, Yannis Hardalupas, Justice Archer, Henry E. Symons, Ulas Baran Baloglu, Daniel Schien, Bryan R. Bzdek, Jonathan P. Reid (2022)

Microfluidic platform

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Long-term filter efficiency of mobile air purifiers in school

Manuel Granzin, Sarah Richter, Jann Schrod, Natalie Schubert & Joachim Curtius (2022)

Microfluidic platform

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Turbulence impacts upon nvPM primary particle size

Randy Vander Wal, Madhu Singh, Akshay Gharpure, Cindy Choi, Prem Lobo & Greg Smallwood (2022)

Microfluidic platform

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Research Infographics

Visual summaries of a full research article, communicating background, methods, and key findings at a glance.

Fundamentals of low-cost aerosol sensor design and operation

James Ouimette, W. Patrick Arnott, Philip Laven, Richard Whitwell, Nagarajan Radhakrishnan, Suresh Dhaniyala, Michael Sandink, Jessica Tryner & John Volckens (2024)

Fundamentals of low-cost aerosol sensor design and operation

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Effects of volatility, viscosity, and non-ideality on particle–particle mixing timescales of secondary organic aerosols

Meredith Schervish, Neil M Donahue & Manabu Shiraiwa (2023)

Microfluidic platform

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Machine learning predicts bioaerosol trajectories in enclosed environments: Introducing a novel method

Zhijian Liu, Jiaqi Chu, Zhenzhe Huang, Haochuan Li, Xia Xiao, Junzhou He, Weijie Yang, Xuqiang Shao & Haiyang Liu (2023)

Machine learning

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Reactive nitrogen and total organic carbon calibration techniques for the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

Derek J. Price, Alison M. Piasecki, Rishabh U. Shah, Katherine L. Hayden, James B. Burkholder, James M. Roberts & Ann M. Middlebrook (2023)

Reactive nitrogen

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Compact aerosol aggregate model (CA2M): A fast tool to estimate the aerosol properties of fractal-like aggregates

Cyprien Jourdain, Jonathan P. R. Symonds & Adam M. Boies (2023)

Compact aerosol aggregate model (CA2M)

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Light absorption and scattering properties of indole secondary organic aerosol prepared under various oxidant and relative humidity conditions

Vahe J. Baboomian, Quanfu He, Julia Montoya-Aguilera, Nabila Ali, Lauren T. Fleming, Peng Lin, Alexander Laskin, Julia Laskin, Yinon Rudich & Sergey A. Nizkorodov (2023)

Light absorption

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Small and large particle limits of the asymmetry parameter for homogeneous, spherical particles

Kurt Ehlers & Hans Moosmüller (2023)

Small and large particle

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In silico investigation of the effect of particle diameter on deposition uniformity in pulmonary drug delivery

Hyunhong J. Min, Eleanor P. Stride & Stephen J. Payne (2023)

In silico investigation

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The use of transmission electron microscopy with scanning mobility particle size spectrometry for an enhanced understanding of the physical characteristics of aerosol particles generated with a flow tube reactor

Emma C. Tackman, Devon N. Higgins, Devan E. Kerecman, Emily-Jean E. Ott, Murray V. Johnston & Miriam Arak Freedman (2023)

transmission electron microscopy

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The filtration efficiency of surgical masks for expiratory aerosol and droplets generated by vocal exercises

Alicja Szczepanska, Joshua Harrison, Brian Saccente-Kennedy, Justice Archer, Natalie A. Watson, Christopher M. Orton, William J. Browne, Ruth Epstein, James D. Calder, Pallav L. Shah, Declan Costello, Bryan R. Bzdek, Jonathan P. Reid (2023)

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Molecular composition and gas-particle partitioning of indoor cooking aerosol: Insights from a FIGAERO-CIMS and kinetic aerosol modeling

Catherine G. Masoud, Ying Li, Dongyu S. Wang, Erin F. Katz, Peter F. DeCarlo, Delphine K. Farmer, Marina E. Vance, Manabu Shiraiwa & Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz (2022)

Molecular composition and gas-particle partitioning

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Estimating mass-absorption cross-section of ambient black carbon aerosols: Theoretical, empirical, and machine learning models

Hanyang Li & Andrew A. May (2022)

Light absorption

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Particle volatility, size distribution and PAH/alkyl-PAH profiles during toluene pyrolysis in a flow reactor

Pengcheng Zhao, Tie Li, Ang Li, Yongzhi Ma, Mingming Fang & Xinling Li (2022)

Particle volatility

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Solvent effects on chemical composition and optical properties of extracted secondary brown carbon constituents

Kunpen Chen, Nilofar Raeofy, Michael Lum, Raphael Mayorga, Megan Woods, Roya Bahreini, Haofei Zhang & Ying-Hsuan Lin (2022)

Solvent effects on chemical composition

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Measuring size distributions of atmospheric aerosols using natural air ions

Yiran Li, Xiaotong Chen & Jingkun Jiang (2022)

Measuring size distributions of atmospheric aerosols using natural air ions

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Comparison of the survival of different isolates of SARS-CoV-2 in evaporating aerosols

P. A. Dabisch, S. P. Wood, B. P. Holland, J. A. Boydston, K. E. Beck, B. Green, J. Biryukov (2022)

Aerosol photoemission

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Video Highlights

Short videos summarizing an article’s key research findings for a lay audience.

Air change rate and SARS-CoV-2 exposure in hospitals and residences: A meta-analysis

Yuetong Zhang, Sripriya Nannu Shankar, William B. Vass, John A. Lednicky, Z. Hugh Fan, Duzgun Agdas, Robert Makuch, Chang-Yu Wu

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Comparing respiratory aerosol emissions between children and adults during sustained phonation

Mahender Singh Rawat, Mehtap Agirsoy, Dinushani Senarathna, Byron D. Erath, Tanvir Ahmed, Sumona Mondal, and Andrea R. Ferro (2023)

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