Imaging of aerosols using time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2007 United Kingdom English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Applied Surface Science, volume 253, pages 5,951-5,956 (issn: 0169-4332,

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Authors: Font Palma, Carolina; Evans, Greg J.; Sodhi, Rana N.S.;

doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.12.126

Imaging of aerosols using time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

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Abstract

Interest in environmental aerosol chemistry has grown over the last decade as a result of its role in both climate change and troposheric pollution. In this work, the combination of ToF-SIMS and SEM/EDX was employed to explore the surface chemistry of aerosols. The capabilities and limitations of ToF-SIMS were investigated using particles of known composition and size produced by a vibrating orifice aerosol generator (VOAG). Principal component analysis (PCA) proved to help in the distinction of particles of different types by consolidating the information generated by ToF-SIMS.

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United Kingdom

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University of Toronto
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University of Hull
United Kingdom

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Aerosols, PCA, VOAG, SEM/EDX, ToF-SIMS, 540, 530, Imaging

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