• DocumentCode
    2973353
  • Title

    Low-weight electrostatic sampler for airborne nanoparticles

  • Author

    Merzsch, S. ; Wasisto, H.S. ; Waag, A. ; Kirsch, I. ; Uhde, E. ; Salthammer, T. ; Peiner, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Semicond. Technol. (IHT), Braunschweig Univ. of Technol., Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    28-31 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1177
  • Lastpage
    1180
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel sampler for airborne nanoparticles (NPs). A synthetic aerosol is forced through a tiny tube containing a self-sensing cantilever for attached NPs mass determination. The sampler is miniaturized (tube mass = 39 g, volume = 18.85 cm3) to assure its applicability for personal NPs exposure monitoring Using the first prototype of the sampler an added mass 2.69 ± 0.02 ng was measured under typical test conditions, i.e. airborne carbon NPs of a concentration of 5941 ± 145 NPs/cm3 during a period of 15 min.
  • Keywords
    aerosols; cantilevers; electrostatic devices; monitoring; nanoparticles; airborne nanoparticles; electrostatic sampler; exposure monitoring; mass determination; self-sensing cantilever; synthetic aerosol; Aerosols; Carbon; Electron tubes; Monitoring; Nanoparticles; Sensors; Silicon; airborne nanoparticles; mass sensitivity; piezoresistive cantilever; portability; sampling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Limerick
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9290-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127335
  • Filename
    6127335
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2973353