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Patent No.:

US 9677984 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:

University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);

Inventors:

Michael R. Zachariah, Potomac, MD (US);

Mingdong Li, Germantown, MD (US);

George W. Mulholland, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Assignee:

University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0266 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0277 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0288 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0294 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for extracting shape information for particles with similar shape and corresponding system of a tandem differential mobility analyzer (DMA) and pulse field differential mobility analyzer (PFDMA) system, that executes at least generating a steady state aerosol concentration; passing aerosol flow from the aerosol concentration thru a bipolar charger to produce a known charge distribution; passing aerosol thru a DMA with set sheath and aerosol flows and a set voltage to generate a mono-mobility aerosol; passing mono-mobility aerosol thru a PFDMA system; and measuring mobility as a function of electric field by varying the duty cycle of the pulse in the PFDMA system. Alternatively, the method and system relate to separating particles with different shapes by adjusting the duty cycle of the pulse to reach a higher or lower electric field than in the DMA in which the mono-mobility aerosol was generated; and separating particles based on shape.


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Zachariah, Michael. (2017). Pulsed-field differential mobility analyzer system and method for separating particles and measuring shape parameters for non-spherical particles (U.S. Patent No. 9677984). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9677984

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