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Measurement and Characterization of Aerosol Nanoparticles

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Aerosol nanoparticles are abundant in natural and man-made environment. Air quality studies and health impact of particles, in particular of nanoparticles, are being conducted with an increasing level of interest in the academic and also non-academic community. The potential risks to the health and environment of engineered nanoparticles and consequently nanomaterials become increasingly the focus of general attention in recent years (Pui and Chen 1997; Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering 2004; Maynard and Pui 2007; Gazso et al. 2007). However, so far no standard procedures for measurement of aerosol nanoparticles and their properties were attempted to invoke. Moreover, there is even no standard definition regarding nanoparticles, not to mention aerosol nanoparticles.

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The support of the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) grant P16185 (to W.W.S) and P15008 (to G.A.) is here gratefully acknowledged. Authors would like express their thanks to Nikolaus Fölker for his help with the graphical layout.

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    Wladyslaw W. Szymanski & Günter Allmaier

  2. Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Getreidemarkt 9/164-IAC, A-1060, Vienna, Austria

    Wladyslaw W. Szymanski & Günter Allmaier

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Szymanski, W.W., Allmaier, G. (2010). Measurement and Characterization of Aerosol Nanoparticles. In: Marijnissen, J., Gradon, L. (eds) Nanoparticles in medicine and environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2632-3_6

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