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© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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03 Aug 2016
Research article |
| 03 Aug 2016
A method for the direct measurement of surface tension of collected atmospherically relevant aerosol particles using atomic force microscopy
Andrew D. Hritz
Department of Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania 17837, USA
Timothy M. Raymond
Department of Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania 17837, USA
Dabrina D. Dutcher
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania 17837, USA
Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
17837, USA
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- Measurements and Model Predictions for the Surface Tension of Aerosol Droplets Containing Mixtures of Strong Nonionic Surfactants and Organic Solutes K. Ramos et al.
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- Atmospheric Aqueous Aerosol Surface Tensions: Isotherm-Based Modeling and Biphasic Microfluidic Measurements H. Boyer & C. Dutcher
- Aerosol Optical Tweezers Constrain the Morphology Evolution of Liquid-Liquid Phase-Separated Atmospheric Particles K. Gorkowski et al.
- Surface Tension Measurements of Aqueous Liquid–Air Interfaces Probed with Microscopic Indentation C. Kaluarachchi et al.
- Characterizing the hygroscopicity and volatility of single levitated aerosol dropletsviaoptical tweezers-Raman spectroscopy Y. Tong et al.
- Coating surface tension dependence of soot aggregate restructuring E. Schnitzler et al.
- Temperature‐ and Humidity‐Dependent Phase States of Secondary Organic Aerosols S. Petters et al.
- Densities, Vapor Pressures, and Surface Tensions of Selected Terpenes Z. Wagner et al.
- Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Subdiffraction Limit Vibrational Spectroscopy and Morphological Analysis A. Bondy et al.
- Constraints on the Role of Laplace Pressure in Multiphase Reactions and Viscosity of Organic Aerosols S. Petters
- Optical deformation of single aerosol particles A. Rafferty et al.
- Unveiling the nanoscale world: Exploring surface tension measurements with atomic force nanoindenters R. Geisler et al.
- A new hot-stage microscopy technique for measuring temperature-dependent viscosities of aerosol particles and its application to farnesene secondary organic aerosol K. Kiland et al.
- New Particle Formation and Growth Dynamics for α-Pinene Ozonolysis in a Smog Chamber and Implications for Ambient Environments C. Chu et al.
- High Pressure Inside Nanometer-Sized Particles Influences the Rate and Products of Chemical Reactions M. Riva et al.
- Recent advances in experimental techniques for investigating aerosol surface tension A. Bain
- Surfactants regulate the mixing state of organic-inorganic mixed aerosols undergoing liquid-liquid phase separation Y. Fan et al.
- Measurements and Model Predictions for the Surface Tension of Aerosol Droplets Containing Mixtures of Strong Nonionic Surfactants and Organic Solutes K. Ramos et al.
- Aqueous-phase aerosols on the air-water interface: Response of fatty acid Langmuir monolayers to atmospheric inorganic ions S. Li et al.
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In this manuscript, we present a novel, first-principles method for the determination of surface tension of collected liquid aerosol particles. The method uses an atomic force microscope with a specially designed probe to directly measure the surface tension, a physical parameter required for Kohler theory. The measurements were verified using a standard, check-standard and then applied to a dry and humidified oxidized α-pinene aerosol system.
In this manuscript, we present a novel, first-principles method for the determination of surface...
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