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Measurement of Low Concentrations of Nanoparticles in Aerosols Using Optical Dielectric Microcavity: The Case of TiO2 Nanoparticles

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A method for measuring low concentrations (up to 0.001 mg/mL) of TiO2 nanoparticles in aerosols using an optical dielectric microcavity is proposed. The method is based on measuring the change in the microcavity Q factor due to the adsorption of particles on its surface. The results of experimental studies of aerosol samples containing TiO2 nanoparticles with a diameter of 40 nm with different concentrations are presented. The method for calibrating the measurement channel is developed. The basic requirements for the optical dielectric microcavity as a primary measuring transducer are formulated. The influence of the opticalmode volume on the measurement error is estimated.

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  1. All-Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements, Moscow, 119361, Russia

    K. N. Min’kov, A. D. Ivanov, A. A. Samoilenko, D. D. Ruzhitskaya & G. G. Levin

  2. Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, National Research University “Higher School of Economics,”, Moscow, 123458, Russia

    K. N. Min’kov

  3. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    D. D. Ruzhitskaya

  4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow oblast, Dolgoprudny, 141701, Russia

    A. A. Efimov

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Original Russian Text © K.N. Min’kov, A.D. Ivanov, A.A. Samoilenko, D.D. Ruzhitskaya, G.G. Levin, A.A. Efimov, 2018, published in Rossiiskie Nanotekhnologii, 2018, Vol. 13, Nos. 1–2.

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Min’kov, K.N., Ivanov, A.D., Samoilenko, A.A. et al. Measurement of Low Concentrations of Nanoparticles in Aerosols Using Optical Dielectric Microcavity: The Case of TiO2 Nanoparticles. Nanotechnol Russia 13, 38–44 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078018010093

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