Acoustic levitation with polarising optical microscopy (AL-POM): water uptake in a nanostructured atmospheric aerosol proxy

Milsom, Adam ORCID: 0000-0003-3875-9015, Squires, Adam M ORCID: 0000-0003-1396-467X, Brasnett, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0001-9235-1673, Sharratt, William N ORCID: 0000-0003-2148-8423, Seddon, Annela M ORCID: 0000-0002-5794-8500 and Pfrang, Christian ORCID: 0000-0001-9023-5281 (2023) Acoustic levitation with polarising optical microscopy (AL-POM): water uptake in a nanostructured atmospheric aerosol proxy. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 3 (11). pp. 1642-1650.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ea00083d

Abstract

<jats:p>We present acoustic levitation combined with polarising optical microscopy (AL-POM). Fatty acid aerosols were probed and a model fit revealed a <jats:italic>ca.</jats:italic> 5–6 orders of magnitude difference in water diffusion coefficient upon a phase transition between optically birefringent and non-birefringent phases.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 10:53
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 20:01
DOI:	10.1039/d3ea00083d
Open Access URL:	https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177248