Optical trapping of single aerosol particles

The goal of this work is to characterize single aerosol particle properties with sizes in the submicrometer range.

Selected References

P.C. Arroyo, G. David, P.A. Alpert, E.A. Parmentier, M. Ammann and R. Signorell
„Amplification of light within aerosol particles accelerates in-​particle photochemistry”,
Science, 376, 293-​296 (2022)
doi: external page10.1126/science.abm7915

X. Kong, S. Zhu, A. Shavorskiy, J. Li, W. Liu, P. Corral Arroyo, R. Signorell, S. Wang and J. Pettersson
„Surface solvation of martian analogous salts at low relative humidities”
Environ. Sci. Atmos. 2, 137-​145 (2022)
doi: external page10.1039/D1EA00092F

O.R. Reich, G. David, R. Signorell
„Anharmonic aerosol particle dynamics at Mie resonances in modulated counter-​propagating optical tweezers”
Proc. SPIE 11798, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVIII, 1179827 (2021)
doi: external page10.1117/12.2593583

M. Diveky, M. Gleichweit, S. Roy and R. Signorell
„Shining new light on the kinetics of water uptake by organic aerosol particles”
J. Phys. Chem. A, 125, 3528-​3548 (2021)
doi: external page10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00202

E.A. Parmentier, G. David, P. Corral Arroyo, S. Bibawi, K. Esat and R. Signorell
„Photochemistry of single optically trapped oleic acid droplets”
J. Aerosol Sci., 151, 105660 (2021)
doi: external page10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105660

O. Reich, G. David, K. Esat and R. Signorell
„Weighing picogram aerosol droplets with an optical balance”
Commun. Phys., 3, 223 (2020)
doi: external page10.1038/s42005-020-00496-x

G. David, E.A. Parmentier, I. Taurino and R. Signorell
„Tracing the composition of single e-cigarette aerosol droplets in situ by laser-trapping and Raman scattering”
Sci. Rep., 10, 7929 (2020)
link: external pagehttps://rdcu.be/b38Hc

M.E. Diveky*, S. Roy*, G. David, J.W. Cremer and R. Signorell
„Fundamental investigation of photoacoustic signal generation from single aerosol particles at varying relative humidity  ”
Photoacoustics, 18, 100170 (2020)
doi: external page10.1016/j.pacs.2020.100170
* denotes equal contribution

S. Roy*, M.E. Diveky* and R. Signorell
„Mass accommodation coefficients of water on organics from complementary photoacoustic and light scattering measurements on laser-trapped droplets”
J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 2481-2489, 2020.
doi: external page10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09934
* denotes equal contribution

G. David, O. Reich, M.E. Divéky, S. Roy, E.A. Parmentier, J.W. Cremer, K. Esat, and R. Signorell
„Characterization and control of droplets optically trapped in air"
SPIE Proceedings Volume 11083, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVI, 1108322 (2019)
doi: external page10.1117/12.2528743

M.E. Divéky*, S. Roy*, J.W. Cremer, G. David and R. Signorell
„Assessing relative humidity dependent photoacoustics to retrieve mass accommodation coefficients of single optically trapped aerosol particles"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 4721-4731 (2019)
doi: external page10.1039/C8CP06980H
* denotes equal contribution

G. David, K. Esat, I. Thanopulos and R. Signorell
„Digital holography of optically-trapped aerosol particles"
Communications Chem., 1, 46 (2018)
doi: external page10.1038/s42004-018-0047-6

K. Esat, G. David, T. Poulkas, M. Shein and R. Signorell
„Phase transition dynamics of single optically trapped aqueous potassium carbonate particles"
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20, 11598-11607 (2018)
doi: external page10.1039/c8cp00599k

P.A. Covert, J.W. Cremer and R. Signorell
„Photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy of single optically trapped aerosol droplets” in Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIV, Proceedings of SPIE, edited by K. Dholaki and G.C. Spalding (SPIE, San Diego, 2017), pp. 1034729
doi: external page10.1117/12.2275627

J. Cremer, P. Covert, E. Parmentier and R. Signorell
„Direct measurement of photoacoustic signal sensitivity to aerosol particle size”
J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
, 8, 3398-3403 (2017)
doi: external page10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01288

J.W. Cremer, K.M. Thaler, C. Haisch, R. Signorell
„Photoacoustics of single laser-trapped nanodroplets for the direct observation of nanofocusing in aerosol photokinectics”
Nat. Commun.
, 7, 10941 (2016)
doi: external page10.1038/ncomms10941

G. David, K. Esat, I. Ritsch, and R. Signorell
„Ultraviolet broadband light scattering for optically-trapped submicron-sized aerosol particles”
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
, 18, 5477-5485 (2016)
doi: external page10.1039/c5cp06940h

G. David and R. Signorell
„Quadruple Bessel beam trap for single droplet studies”, in „Proc. SPIE 9548, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII”
95480D (August 25, 2015), edited by K. Dholakia and G. C. Spalding (San Diego, California, USA, 2015), Vol. 9548, pp. 95480D
doi: external page10.1117/12.2186768

G. David, K. Esat, S. Hartweg, J. Cremer, E. Chasovskikh, and R. Signorell
„Stability of aerosol droplets in Bessel beam optical traps under constant and pulsed external forces”
J. Chem. Phys.
, 142 (15), 154506 (2015)
doi: external page10.1063/1.4917202

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