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Publications

You will find a list of publications ordered by our different devices below. Newest publications are at the top of the list. We have not studied every paper carefully, but clearly not all of these papers are of equal quality. Nevertheless they will give you an idea of what can be done with our devices.

This list will be updated from time to time but, we may have missed some papers.

Publication regarding the measuring principle

Fierz et al.(2013): Aerosol Measurement by Induced Currents.
We introduce a new electrical measurement technique for aerosol detection, based on pulsed unipolar charging followed by a non-contact measurement of the rate of change of the aerosol space charge in a Faraday cage.
Asbach et al (2016): Silicone sampling tubes can cause drastic artifacts in measurements with aerosol instrumentation based on unipolar diffusion charging
Study on the influence of silicone tubing on DC based aerosol devices and comparisons with other tubing materials e.g. Tygon.

Partector 2

Christof Asbach et al. (2024) Evaluation of a Partector Pro for atmospheric particle number size distribution and number concentration measurements at an urban background site.
Aerosol Research

Karin Lovén et al. (2023) Size-resolved characterization of particles >10 nm emitted to air during metal recycling.
Journal Article - Environment International

Ellen Soroka (2023) Testing aerosol vertical profi ling methods with portable instruments on unmanned and manned aircraft.
Master thesis

Ariel Parker et al. (2022): Video Exposure Monitoring and Position Tracking for Evaluating Particulate and Gas Exposures in a Fully Enclosed Small Arms Firing Range.
Journal Article - Annals of Work Exposures and Health

L. Salo al. (2021): Concentrations and Size Distributions of Particle Lung-deposited Surface Area (LDSA) in an Underground Mine.
Journal Article - Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Victor Archilla PM Characterisation of in-Stack Evolving Aircraft Engine Exhaust.
Presentation: EUROPEAN AEROSOL CONFERENCE 2020 (EAC2020)

E. Fleuti et al.(2019): Ultrafine Particle Concentrations Zurich Approach Runway 14.
Public report of a measurement campaign performed by Zurich Airport. 6 Partector 2 devices were used to monitor UFP concentrations around Zurich airport for several weeks.

C.Asbach et al. (2019): Testing of an Indoor Air Cleaner for Particulate Pollutants under Realistic Conditions in an Office Room .
Journal Article - Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Partector

Rishabh U. Shah et al (2022): Identifying Patterns and Sources of Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Matter in London Using Mobile Measurements of Lung-Deposited Surface Area
Journal Article - Environmental Science & Technology
M.I.Setyawati et al (2020): Occupational Inhalation Exposures to Nanoparticles at Six Singapore Printing Centers. Eniron. Sci. Technol
Exposure Measurements in different Singapore printing centers, among other devices a partector was used.
M.A. Schriefl et al (2020): Characterization of particle number counters based on pulsed-mode diffusion charging, Aerosol Science and Technology
Measurements of instrument response for different materials with partector.
N.Afshar-Mohajer et al (2020): Variability of aerosol mass and number concentrations during taconite mining operations, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Used different instruments, among others a partector, to measure ultrafine particles in a mine during crushing, dry and wet milling, and pelletizing. Unfortunately, the data analysis + conclusions on linearity of DiSCmini and partector are faulty.
A. Gonzalez et al (2019): Measuring the Effect of Ventilation on Cooking in Indoor Air Quality by Low-Cost Air Sensors. International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Indoor air during cooking was measured with a partector and Ozone, CO and CO2 detectors.
J.Kuula et al (2019): Applicability of Optical and Diffusion Charging-Based Particulate Matter Sensors to Urban Air Quality Measurements. Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Urban air quality in Helsinki was measured with 3 diffusion charging based devices (DiscMini, Pegasor AQ urban and partector), and a prototype optical device. All diffusion charging-based devices were shown to correlate very well with LDSA calculated from measured aerosol size distributions.
M. Küpper et al. (2019): Testing of an Indoor Air Cleaner for Particulate Pollutants under Realistic Conditions in an Office Room. Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Indoor air cleaner evaluation using both DiSCmini and partector devices.
H. Kuuluvainen et al. (2018): Vertical profiles of lung deposited surface area concentration of particulate matter measured with a drone in a street canyon. Environmental Pollution,
A partector was mounted on a drone to measure vertical profiles of air pollution in a street canyon.
I. Gümperlein et al. (2018): Acute health effects of desktop 3D printing (fused deposition modeling) using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polylactic acid materials: An experimental exposure study in human volunteers. Indoor air
A partector was used to monitor 3D printer emissions in a human exposure study, and was found to have the advantage of small size, low noise and no liquid supply over a handheld CPC.
I. Iavicoli et al. (2018): Assessment of occupational exposure to engineered nanomaterials in research laboratories using personal monitors. Science of the Total Environment
Different instruments, among others a few naneos partectors and a partector TEM, were used to measure worker exposure in different research laboratories dealing with engineered nanoparticles.
I. Vejpongsa et al. (2018): Deliberation between PM1 and PM2.5 as air quality indicators based on comprehensive characterization of urban aerosols in Bangkok, Thailand. Particuology
Measurements of PM1, PM2.5 in parallel to LDSA with a Partector.
S. Jamen and A.M.Abdullah (2018): Ultrafine Particles Measurement in Printing Industry Across West Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering and Technology
Ultrafine particles in the printing industry were measured with a CPC and a partector.
C. Asbach et al. (2017): Review of measurement techniques and methods for assessing personal exposure to airborne nanomaterials in workplaces. Science of The Total Environment
Review of different types of personal samplers and monitors, among others the partector.
A.M. Todea (2017): Inter-comparison of personal monitors for nanoparticles exposure at workplaces and in the environment. Science of The Total Environment
Intercomparison of different personal monitors for many different polydisperse test aerosols, among other devices also the partector.
C. Asbach et al (2017): On the effect of wearing personal nanoparticle monitors on the comparability of personal exposure measurements. Environmental Science: Nano.
Investigated how much personal exposure estimates differ if personal samplers such as the partector are worn on person, or used as stationary devices placed on tables near the persons. The paper shows that the performance of the partector is not negatively influenced by wearing it on person.
O.Geiss et al. (2016): Lung-deposited surface area concentration measurements in selected occupational and non-occupational environments. Journal of Aerosol Science
Typical LDSA concentrations were measured for various environments, e.g. incense burning, 3D-printing, candle burning, cigarettes, during car journeys, in kitchens etc. – among other instruments also with a partector.
A.M. Todea (2015): Accuracy of electrical aerosol sensors measuring lung-deposited surface area concentrations. Journal of Aerosol Science
The accuracy of instruments measuring LDSA – among others a partector – was assessed for different aerosols by comparing it to an SMPS system as reference.

Partector TEM

M.D.Masekameni et al (2019): Morphology and elemental analysis of freshly emitted particles from a packed-bed domestic coal combustion. www.preprints.org
Nanoparticles emitted in domestic coal combustion were sampled with a partector TEM, and their morphology could be analyzed in the TEM.
L. Mendes et al. (2017): Characterization of Emissions from a Desktop 3D Printer. Journal of Industrial Ecology
3D-printer emissions were measured, among others TEM samples were obtained with a Partector TEM. Apparently due to the tiny particle size and their volatility, they could not be seen properly in the TEM though.

Automotive Partector

S. Zinola et al (2019): Measurement of Sub-23nm particles emitted by gasoline direct injection engine with new advanced instrumentation, SAE Technical Paper 2019-01-2195.
Report on the Sureal-23 EU project, which included a highly heated naneos automotive partector measuring particle number with a 10nm cutoff instead of the standard 23nm cutoff.
B. Giechaskiel et al. (2019): Solid Particle Number (SPN) Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) in the European Legislation: A Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Looks at performance of PN-PEMS systems, among others the system sold by AVL that is based on a naneos automotive partector
B. Giechaskiel et al. (2019): Evaluation of a 10 nm Particle Number Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS). Sensors
An AVL PN-PEMS system based on the naneos automotive partector was modified for a 10nm cutoff rather than the standard 23nm.
M.Schwelberger et al (2019): Experimental Assessment of an Electrofilter and a Tandem Positive-Negative Corona Charger for the Measurement of Charged Nanoparticles formed in Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems. Applied Sciences
A negative precharger is applied to a naneos automotive partector in the AVL PN-PEMS system to avoid artefacts due to tiny positively charged particles.

Scientific publications