TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knox,Kerry J.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Light-Induced Processes in Optically-Tweezed Aerosol Droplets
T2  - Springer Theses
SN  - 9783642163487
AV  - QD450-882 
U1  - 541 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Chemistry, Physical organic
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Physical Chemistry
KW  - Geophysics and Environmental Physics
KW  - Climate Change
N2  - Aerosols play a critical role in a broad range of scientific disciplines, such as atmospheric chemistry and physics, combustion science, drug delivery and human health. This thesis explores the fundamentals of a new technique for capturing single or multiple particles using light, and for characterising these particles by Raman or fluorescence spectroscopy. The outcome of this research represents a significant development in optical manipulation techniques, specifically in aerosol optical tweezing. It is demonstrated that this technique can be applied to studies of the mass accommodation of gas-phase water molecules adsorbing onto a water surface. Not only is this a fundamental process of interest to physical chemists, but it is a highly important area for understanding the roles of aerosol particles in the atmosphere and their ability to become cloud droplets. This new strategy for investigating aerosol dynamics promises to be fundamental in helping us understand the indirect effect of aerosols on the climate
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