Aerosol Physics

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Aerosol Physics applies and develops methods to characterize particles of aerosols physically and investigates the partitioning of gas particles in semi-volatile organic substances.
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The Aerosol Physics team drives research in air quality, combustion emissions, atmospheric aerosols, personal exposure to aerosols, occupational safety, and relevant sampling and measurement techniques. In particular, we focus on the application and development of methods for physical particle characterization and the study of gas-particle distribution of semivolatile organics. A battery of on-line instruments (e.g. for determination of particle number, size and mobility, on-line mass concentration and optical properties) is used - total organic carbon and selected gaseous components are analyzed e.g. with a flame ionization detector and on-line mass spectrometer, respectively. Sampling on impact substrates or filters and selected absorber materials enables further in-depth chemical offline analysis. In addition, sophisticated computer models have been developed and applied to study particle deposition in human lungs, animal models and in vitro incubation systems (ALI = "Air Liquid Interface").

In addition, we support the JMSC with laboratory studies using various particle generators and characterize the generated model aerosol in collaboration with the Aerosol Chemistry group. In several extended off-site measurement campaigns (e.g., at the University of Eastern Finland or at the Faculty of Technology, University of Rostock), aerosol dilution and distribution sampling trains have been set up for ALI exposure studies, adapted analyses, and in-depth characterization of aerosol from different emission sources and artificially aged aerosols.

With the HPLDB Model of George A. Ferron we are able to calculate the deposition of aerosol particles in different regions of the human lung.

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Binder, S. ; Rastak, N. ; Karg, E.W. ; Huber, A. ; Kuhn, E. ; Dragan, G.C. ; Monsé, C. ; Breuer, D. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Delaval, M.N. ; Oeder, S. ; Sklorz, M. ; Zimmermann, R.

Construction of an in vitro air–liquid interface exposure system to assess the toxicological impact of gas and particle phase of semi-volatile organic compounds.

Jeong, S. ; Bendl, J. ; Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R. ; Käfer, U. ; Etzien, U. ; Schade, J. ; Bauer, M. ; Jakobi, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Fisch, K. ; Cwierz, P.P. ; Rüger, C.P. ; Czech, H. ; Karg, E.W. ; Heyen, G. ; Krausnick, M. ; Geissler, A. ; Geipel, C. ; Streibel, T. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schulz-Bull, D.E. ; Buchholz, B. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.

Aerosol emissions from a marine diesel engine running on different fuels and effects of exhaust gas cleaning measures.

Hartner, E. ; Paul, A. ; Käfer, U. ; Czech, H. ; Hohaus, T. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Sklorz, M. ; Jakobi, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Jeong, S. ; Brejcha, R. ; Ziehm, T. ; Zhang, Z.H. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Adam, T. ; Rudich, Y. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Zimmermann, R.

On the complementarity and informative value of different electron ionization mass spectrometric techniques for the chemical analysis of secondary Organic aerosols.

Pardo, M. ; Offer, S. ; Hartner, E. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Bisig, B. ; Bauer, S. ; Pantzke, J. ; Zimmermann, E. ; Cao, X. ; Binder, S. ; Kuhn, E. ; Huber, A. ; Jeong, S. ; Käfer, U. ; Schneider, E. ; Mesceriakovas, A. ; Bendl, J. ; Brejcha, R. ; Buchholz, A. ; Gat, D. ; Hohaus, T. ; Rastak, N. ; Karg, E.W. ; Jakobi, G. ; Kalberer, M. ; Kanashova, T. ; Hu, Y. ; Ogris, C. ; Marsico, A. ; Theis, F.J. ; Shalit, T. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Rüger, C.P. ; Oeder, S. ; Orasche, J. ; Paul, A. ; Ziehm, T. ; Zhang, Z.H. ; Adam, T. ; Sippula, O. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Czech, H. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Rudich, Y.

Exposure to naphthalene and β-pinene-derived secondary organic aerosol induced divergent changes in transcript levels of BEAS-2B cells.

Offer, S. ; Hartner, E. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Bisig, B. ; Bauer, S. ; Pantzke, J. ; Zimmermann, E. ; Cao, X. ; Binder, S. ; Kuhn, E. ; Huber, A. ; Jeong, S. ; Käfer, U. ; Martens, P. ; Mesceriakovas, A. ; Bendl, J. ; Brejcha, R. ; Buchholz, A. ; Gat, D. ; Hohaus, T. ; Rastak, N. ; Jakobi, G. ; Kalberer, M. ; Kanashova, T. ; Hu, Y. ; Ogris, C. ; Marsico, A. ; Theis, F.J. ; Pardo, M. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Oeder, S. ; Orasche, J. ; Paul, A. ; Ziehm, T. ; Zhang, Z.H. ; Adam, T. ; Sippula, O. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Czech, H. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Rudich, Y. ; Zimmermann, R.

Effect of atmospheric aging on soot particle toxicity in lung cell models at the air-liquid interface: Differential toxicological impacts of biogenic and anthropogenic Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOAs).

Passig, J. ; Schade, J. ; Irsig, R. ; Kröger-Badge, T. ; Czech, H. ; Adam, T. ; Fallgren, H. ; Moldanova, J. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.

Single-particle characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in background air in northern Europe.

Zhang, Z.H. ; Hartner, E. ; Utinger, B. ; Gfeller, B. ; Paul, A. ; Sklorz, M. ; Czech, H. ; Yang, B.X. ; Su, X.Y. ; Jakobi, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Jeong, S. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Pardo, M. ; Hohaus, T. ; Adam, T. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Rudich, Y. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Kalberer, M.

Are reactive oxygen species (ROS) a suitable metric to predict toxicity of carbonaceous aerosol particles?

Binder, S. ; Cao, X. ; Bauer, S. ; Rastak, N. ; Kuhn, E. ; Dragan, G.C. ; Monsé, C. ; Ferron, G.A. ; Breuer, D. ; Oeder, S. ; Karg, E.W. ; Sklorz, M. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Zimmermann, R.

In vitro genotoxicity of dibutyl phthalate on A549 lung cells at air-liquid interface in exposure concentrations relevant at workplaces.

Martens, P. ; Czech, H. ; Tissari, J. ; Ihalainen, M. ; Suhonen, H. ; Sklorz, M. ; Jokiniemi, J. ; Sippula, O. ; Zimmermann, R.

Emissions of gases and volatile organic compounds from residential heating: A comparison of brown coal briquettes and logwood combustion.

Rüger, C.P. ; Neumann, A. ; Sklorz, M. ; Zimmermann, R.

Atmospheric pressure single photon laser ionization (APSPLI) mass spectrometry using a 157 nm fluorine excimer laser for sensitive and selective detection of non- to semipolar hydrocarbons.

Passig, J. ; Schade, J. ; Iva Rosewig, E. ; Irsig, R. ; Kröger-Badge, T. ; Czech, H. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Li, L. ; Li, X. ; Zhou, Z. ; Fallgren, H. ; Moldanova, J. ; Zimmermann, R.

Resonance-enhanced detection of metals in aerosols using single-particle mass spectrometry.

Ihantola, T. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Happo, M. ; Uski, O. ; Bauer, S. ; Kuuspalo, K. ; Sippula, O. ; Tissari, J. ; Oeder, S. ; Hartikainen, A. ; Rönkkö, T.J. ; Martikainen, M.-V. ; Huttunen, K. ; Vertiainen, P. ; Suhonen, H. ; Kortelainen, M. ; Lamberg, H. ; Leskinen, A. ; Sklorz, M. ; Michalke, B. ; Dilger, M. ; Weiss, C. ; Dittmar, G. ; Beckers, J. ; Irmler, M. ; Buters, J.T.M. ; Cadeias, J. ; Czech, H. ; Yli-Pirilä, P. ; Abbaszade, G. ; Jakobi, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Kanashova, T. ; Karg, E.W. ; Streibel, T. ; Passig, G. ; Hakkarainen, H. ; Jokiniemi, J. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Hirvonen, M.-R. ; Jalava, P.I.

Influence of wood species on toxicity of log-wood stove combustion aerosols: A parallel animal and air-liquid interface cell exposure study on spruce and pine smoke.

Dhahak, A. ; Grimmer, C. ; Neumann, A. ; Rüger, C. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Mauviel, G. ; Burkle-Vitzthum, V.

Real time monitoring of slow pyrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by different mass spectrometric techniques.

Schade, J. ; Passig, J. ; Irsig, R. ; Ehlert, S. ; Sklorz, M. ; Adam, T. ; Li, C. ; Rudich, Y. ; Zimmermann, R.

Spatially shaped laser pulses for the simultaneous detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as well as positive and negative inorganic ions in single particle mass spectrometry.

Ihalainen, M. ; Tiitta, P. ; Czech, H. ; Yli-Pirilä, P. ; Hartikainen, A. ; Kortelainen, M. ; Tissari, J. ; Stengel, B. ; Sklorz, M. ; Suhonen, H. ; Lamberg, H. ; Leskinen, A. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Harndorf, H. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Jokiniemi, J. ; Sippula, O.

A novel high-volume Photochemical Emission Aging flow tube Reactor (PEAR).

Miersch, T. ; Czech, H. ; Stengel, B. ; Abbaszade, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.

Composition of carbonaceous fine particulate emissions of a flexible fuel DISI engine under high velocity and municipal conditions.

Rüger, C.P. ; Neumann, A. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schwemer, T. ; Zimmermann, R.

Thermal analysis coupled to ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry with collision induced dissociation for complex petroleum samples: Heavy oil composition and asphaltene precipitation effects.

Kruth, C. ; Czech, H. ; Sklorz, M. ; Passig, J. ; Ehlert, S. ; Cappiello, A. ; Zimmermann, R.

Direct infusion resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization mass spectrometry of liquid samples under vacuum conditions.

Rüger, C.P. ; Schwemer, T. ; Sklorz, M. ; O'Connor, P.B. ; Barrow, M.P. ; Zimmermann, R.

Comprehensive chemical comparison of fuel composition and aerosol particles emitted from a ship diesel engine by gas chromatography atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry with improved data processing routines.

Czech, H. ; Stengel, B. ; Adam, T. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.

A chemometric investigation of aromatic emission profiles from a marine engine in comparison with residential wood combustion and road traffic: Implications for source apportionment inside and outside sulphur emission control areas.