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Novel Method and Device for High Resolution and Quantitative Sizing of Nanoparticles Suspended in Liquids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2013

Axel F. Zerrath
Affiliation:
TSI Incorporated, Shoreview, MN, 55126, U.S.A.
James E. Farnsworth
Affiliation:
TSI Incorporated, Shoreview, MN, 55126, U.S.A.
Jacob H. Scheckman
Affiliation:
TSI Incorporated, Shoreview, MN, 55126, U.S.A.
Jonathan S. Higgins
Affiliation:
TSI Incorporated, Shoreview, MN, 55126, U.S.A.
Erik Willis
Affiliation:
TSI Incorporated, Shoreview, MN, 55126, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A new technology to size nanoparticles in liquids is presented. The technique is based on aerosol technology coupled to a nanoparticle nebulizer. This allows number concentration measurements in the size range ca. 5 to 500 nm with high peak resolution.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013

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