Programme

The programme for FD137 follows. For the programme including timings, please download the pdf from this page.

Introductory Lecture

Linear and non-linear spectroscopy of microparticles: basic principles, new techniques, and promising applications
Richard Chang, Yale University, USA

Session 1: Spectroscopic Techniques

Identification of biological microparticles using ultrafast depletion spectroscopy
Jean-Pierre Wolff, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Vibrational exciton coupling in pure and mixed sulfur dioxide aerosols 
Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia, Canada

Microparticle photophysics illuminates viral bio-sensing
Steve Arnold, Polytechnic University, USA 

Resonance based light scattering techniques for investigations of microdroplet processes
Asit K Ray*, Venket Devarakonda and Zhiqiang Gao, University of Kentucky, USA

Session 2: Dusty Plasmas and X-Ray Characterisation

Charge and charging of nanoparticles in a SiH4 rf-plasma 
Winfred Stoffels, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Rapid transport of nano-particles having a fractional elemental charge on average in capacitivelly coupled rf discharges by amplitude modulating discharge voltage
Masaharu Shiratani, Kyushu University, Japan

Interaction between single dust grains and ions or electrons: laboratory measurements and their consequences for the dust dynamics
Jirka Pavlu, Charles University, Czech Republic

Microparticles in plasmas as diagnostic tools and substrates
Holger Kersten, University of Kiel, Germany

Elastic light scattering from free sub-micron particles in the soft x-ray regime
H Bresch, B Wassermann, B Langer, C Graf, R Flesch, U Becker, B Österreicher, T Leisner, E Rühl*, Universität Berlin, Germany

Session 3: Atmospheric Aerosols

The influence of small aerosol on the properties of water and ice clouds Tom Choularton, University of Manchester, UK 

Metastable nitric acid hydrates - possible constituents of polar stratospheric clouds?
Hinrich Grothe*, Heinz Tizek and Ismael K Ortega Colomer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Is the atmosphere an aerosol?- a look at emissions and variability
Ruprecht Jaenicke, Universität Mainz, Germany

Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance Alex K Y Lee, T Y Ling and Chak K Chan*, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Deliquescence behaviour of single levitated ternary salt/ carboxylic acid/ water microdroplets
L Treuel*, S Schulze, T Leisner and R Zellner, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

The complex refractive index of atmospheric and model humic-like substances (HULIS) retrieved by a cavity ring down aerosol spectrometer (CRD-AS)
E Dinar, A Abo Riziq, C Spindler, C Erlick, G Kiss, and Y Rudich*, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Session 4: Particle Manipulation and Characterisation

Characterization of microparticles with driven optical tweezers
Paul Bartlett, University of Bristol, UK

Optical manipulation of airborne particles: techniques and applications
D McGloin*, D R Burnham, M D Summers, D Rudd, J Buchanan, N Dewar and S Anand, University of St Andrews, UK

In situ comparative measurements of the properties of aerosol droplets of different chemical composition
Jason R Butler, Laura Mitchem, Kate L Hanford, Lennart Treuel and Jonathan P Reid*, University of Bristol, UK

The spectroscopy and chemical dynamics of microparticles explored using an ultrasonic trap
N J Mason*, A Dawes, E A Drage, and S M Webb, The Open University, UK

Using dynamic light scattering to characterize mixed phase single particles levitated in a quasi-electrostatic balance
U K Krieger* and A Zardini, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Switzerland

Oxidation of biogenic and water-soluble compounds in aqueous and organic aerosol droplets by ozone: a kinetic and product analysis approach using laser Raman tweezers
Martin D King*, Katherine C Thompson, Andrew D Ward, Christian Pfrang and Brian Hughes, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Concluding Remarks
Paul Davidovits, Boston College, USA

 

* Denotes presenter to whom affiliation applies