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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Portable Infrared System for Identification of Particulate Matter.

Javier Núñez, Arjen Boersma, Robin Koldeweij, Joseph Trimboli

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Javier NúñezThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, HTC25, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Arjen BoersmaThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, HTC25, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0467-2272
Robin KoldeweijThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, HTC25, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2843-2206
Joseph TrimboliThe Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, HTC25, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-8596-1080

Funding

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Early Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational exposure to airborne dust is responsible for numerous respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Because of these hazards, air samples are regularly collected on filters and sent for laboratory analysis to ensure compliance with regulations. Unfortunately, this approach often takes weeks to provide a result, which makes it impossible to identify dust sources or protect workers in real time. To address these challenges, we developed a system that characterizes airborne dust by its spectro-chemical profile. In this device, a micro-cyclone concentrates particles from the air and introduces them into a hollow waveguide where an infrared signature is obtained. An algorithm is then used to quantitate the composition of respirable particles by incorporating the infrared features of the most relevant chemical groups and compensating for Mie scattering. With this approach, the system can successfully differentiate mixtures of inorganic materials associated with construction sites in near-real time. The use of a free-space optic assembly improves the light throughput significantly, which enables detection limits of approximately 10 µg/m

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PMID38610499
PMCPMC11014306

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