A review of transfer theory and characterization of measured performance for differential mobility analyzers

References

• Birmili, W., F. Stratmann, A. Wiedensohler, D. Covert, L. M. Russell, and O. Berg. 1997. Determination of differential mobility analyzer transfer functions using identical instruments in series. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 27 (2):215–223. doi:10.1080/02786829708965468.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brunelli, N. A., R. C. Flagan, and K. P. Giapis. 2009. Radial differential mobility analyzer for one nanometer particle classification. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 43 (1):53–59. doi:10.1080/02786820802464302.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cai, R., D.-R. Chen, J. Hao, and J. Jiang. 2017. A miniature cylindrical differential mobility analyzer for sub-3 nm particle sizing. J. Aerosol Sci. 106:111–119. doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2017.01.004.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen, D.-R., and D. Y. H. Pui. 1997. Numerical modeling of the performance of differential mobility analyzers for nanometer aerosol measurements. J. Aerosol Sci. 28 (6):985–1004. doi:10.1016/S0021-8502(97)00004-9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen, D.-R., D. Y. H. Pui, D. Hummes, H. Fissan, F. R. Quant, and G. J. Sem. 1998. Design evaluation of a nanometer aerosol differential mobility analyzer (nano-DMA). J. Aerosol Sci. 29 (5–6):497–509.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fissan, H., D. Hummes, F. Stratmann, P. Büscher, S. Neumann, D. Y. H. Pui, and D. Chen. 1996. Experimental comparison of four differential mobility analyzers for nanometer aerosol measurements, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 24 (1):1–13. doi:10.1080/02786829608965347.
   Google Scholar
• Flagan, R. C. 1999. On differential mobility analyzer resolution. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 30 (6):556–570.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hagwood, C., Y. Sivathanu, and G. Mulholland. 1999. The DMA transfer function with Brownian motion: A trajectory/Monte-Carlo approach. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 30 (1):40–61.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hummes, D., F. Stratmann, S. Neumann, and H. Fissan. 1996. Experimental determination of the transfer function of a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) in the nanometer size range. Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 13 (5):327–332.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jiang, J., M. Attoui, M. Heim, N. A. Brunelli, P. H. McMurry, G. Kasper, R. C. Flagan, K. Giapis, and G. Mouret. 2011. Transfer functions and penetrations of five differential mobility analyzers for sub-2 nm particle classification. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 45 (4):480–492.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Karlsson, M. N. A., and B. G. Martinsson. 2003. Methods to measure and predict the transfer function size dependence of individual DMAs. J. Aerosol Sci. 34 (5):603–625. doi:10.1016/S0021-8502(03)00020-X.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knutson, E. O., and K. T. Whitby. 1975. Aerosol classification by electric mobility: apparatus, theory and applications. J. Aerosol Sci. 6 (6):443–451.
   Google Scholar
• Li, W., L. Li, and D.-R. Chen. 2006. Technical note: A new deconvolution scheme for the retrieval of true DMA transfer function from tandem DMA data. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 40 (12):1052–1057. doi:10.1080/02786820600944331.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martinsson, B. G., M. N. A. Karlsson, and G. Frank. 2001. Methodology to estimate the transfer function of individual differential mobility analyzers. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 35 (4):815–823. doi:10.1080/027868201753227361.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mui, W., H. Mai, A. J. Downard, J. H. Seinfeld, and R. C. Flagan. 2017. Design, simulation, and characterization of a radial opposed migration ion and aerosol classifier (ROMIAC). Aerosol Sci. Technol. 51 (7):801–823. doi:10.1080/02786826.2017.1315046.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rader, D. J., and P. H. McMurry. 1986. Application of the tandem differential mobility analyzer to studies of droplet growth or evaporation. J. Aerosol Sci. 17 (5):771–787.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rosell-Llompart, J., I. G. Loscertales, D. Bingham, and J. Fernández de la Mora. 1996. Sizing nanoparticles and ions with a short differential mobility analyzer. J. Aerosol Sci. 27 (5):695–719.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stolzenburg, M. R. 1988. An ultrafine aerosol size distribution measuring system. PhD thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota.
   Google Scholar
• Stolzenburg, M. R., and P. H. McMurry. 1988. TDMAfit user’s manual. PTL publication 653, University of Minnesota.
   Google Scholar
• Stolzenburg, M. R., and P. H. McMurry. 2008. Equations governing single and tandem DMA configurations and a new lognormal approximation to the transfer function. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 42 (6):421–432. doi:10.1080/02786820802157823.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stolzenburg, M. R., J. H. T. Scheckman, M. Attoui, H.-S. Han, and P. H. McMurry. 2018. Characterization of the TSI model 3086 differential mobility analyzer for classifying aerosols down to 1 nm. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 52 (7):748–756. doi:10.1080/02786826.2018.1456649.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stratmann, F., T. Kauffeldt, D. Hummes, and H. Fissan. 1997. Differential electrical mobility analysis: a theoretical study. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 26 (4):368–383. doi:10.1080/02786829708965437.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ude, S., and J. Fernández de la Mora. 2005. Molecular monodisperse mobility and mass standards from electrosprays of tetra-alkyl ammonium halides. J. Aerosol Sci. 36 (10):1224–1237. doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2005.02.009.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang, S.-H., Y. Akutsu, L. M. Russell, R. C. Flagan, and J. H. Seinfeld. 1995. Radial differential mobility analyzer. Aerosol Sci. Technol. 23 (3):357–372.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang, S.-H., and R. C. Flagan. 1996. Resolution of the radial differential mobility analyzer for ultrafine particles. J. Aerosol Sci. 27 (8):1179–1200.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar