基于模糊聚类算法的大气粒子激光电离质谱数据分析

实验室自行研制了一台大气气溶胶飞行时间激光质谱仪(ATOFLMS),它可以在线地对气溶胶单粒子进行物理和化学特性分析,利用双束连续激光对单个粒子的空气动力学粒径进行测量,并通过飞行时间完成单粒子化学成分的检测。该仪器在运行过程中将产生海量的实验数据,对这些数据的快速、自动处理并提取有价值的信息是整机系统的关键之一。文章介绍模糊聚类算法FCM(fuzzy c-means)在大气气溶胶单粒子聚类分析中的成功运用。利用该算法对连续24 h采集的室内空气气溶胶单粒子质谱数据进行了聚类分析,在得到的5个聚类结果中包含了无机的海盐粒子、矿物质粒子以及其他的三种二次气溶胶成分粒子类型。在对室内空气气溶胶粒子的粒径进行实时检测的结果表明室内可吸入颗粒物以细粒子为主,其中大于1 μm的粒子所占比重较小。小于1 μm的粒子均占95％以上, 在0.4～0.8 μm之间的粒子占据主要部分。     

气溶胶单粒子粒径的实时测量方法研究

介绍了近期研制的一台实时测量大气气溶胶单粒子粒径和化学成分的仪器在如何测量气溶胶单粒子粒径方面的测量原理及特点，并结合激光解吸附电离飞行时间质谱技术，利用该仪器对木屑燃烧产生的烟气气溶胶粒子的实时测量结果. 关键词： 气溶胶粒子 空气动力学粒径测量方法 激光解吸附电离 飞行时间质谱     

大气气溶胶单粒子粒径和化学成分的LDI测量

介绍了当前应用较为广泛的大气气溶胶单粒子粒径与化学成分实时在线测量技术－激光解吸附电离（LDI）飞行时间质谱技术的原理和在气溶胶单粒子化学成分测量领域的应用。此外，还对气溶胶单粒子进样系统和气溶胶单粒子粒径的测量方法作了详细阐述。     

基于自适应共振神经网络的单粒子激光电离质谱数据分析

气溶胶激光飞行时间质谱仪(ALUOFMS)可以在线地对气溶胶单粒子进行物理和化学特性分析,利用双束连续激光对单个粒子的空气动力学粒径进行测量,并通过飞行时间完成单粒子化学成分的检测。该仪器在运行过程中将产生海量的实验数据,对这些数据快速、自动处理并提取有价值的信息是整机系统的关键之一。文章介绍了基于神经网络的自适应共振算法(ART-2a)在随机混和的氯化钠、氯化钙、邻苯二甲酸二正辛酯(DOP)和2,5二羟基苯甲酸(DHB)气溶胶单粒子聚类分析中的成功运用。同以往的质谱分析方法相比,ART-2a可以实现对任意多和任意复杂的输入模式进行自组织,自适应和自稳定的快速识别,更有利于质谱数据的分析。实验结果表明,当警戒值为0.40,学习速率为0.05以及迭代次数为6时,ART-2a可以成功地对这四种物质进行分类,同时得到4类物质的聚类中心,每类的聚类中心都能很好的代表该类物质的特征。     

Influence Factors on Particle Growth for On-line Aerosol Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry

利用自行研制的蒸发/冷凝实验装置作为基质辅助激光解吸/电离飞行时间质谱仪的特种接口,通过冷凝方式在线添加基质,冷凝管出口处的最终粒子直接引入空气动力学粒径分析仪或自行研制的飞行时间质谱仪,可对实验室产生的生物气溶胶粒子进行实时检测. 同时研究了最终粒子粒径大小的决定因素：加热池温度、初始粒子大小及其粒子数浓度及基质种类,获得了探测分析物分子离子峰所需的实验条件.     

激光解吸电离技术在线测量苯水相二次有机气溶胶

利用气溶胶激光飞行时间质谱仪激光解吸电离技术开展了苯水相二次有机气溶胶在线测量研究。实验结果表明,苯水相光氧化反应形成的二次有机气溶胶粒子粒径小于1.0μm,激光解吸电离质谱中存在醛类m/z 29(CHO~+)、57(CHOCO~+),羧酸m/z 44(COO~+),苯环m/z 77(C_6H~+_5)、65(C_5H~+_5)和酚类化合物m/z 93(C_6H_5O~+)特征裂解碎片峰。醛类、羧酸和酚类化合物是苯水相SOA粒子的化学组分,各类型组分含量大小关系为:醛类化合羧酸酚类化合物。气溶胶激光飞行时间质谱仪激光解吸电离技术能够用于水相SOA粒子化学组分的在线测量,可用于水相SOA形成机理和过程的研究。     

基质与分析物的摩尔比和激光能量对分析物离子信号的影

介绍了一种基质辅助激光解吸电离的进样方法-气溶胶进样方法．包含基质和分析物的气溶胶粒子在大气压力下直接进入气溶胶飞行时间质谱仪,粒子产生的散射光信号由光电倍增管收集,通过外部的时序电路,给出气溶胶粒子粒径的信息并触发266 nm Nd:YAG激光器,可以同时获得气溶胶粒子的粒径和基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱与其他的液体进样方式相比,它可以实现单粒子进样,因而样品消耗较少．主要研究了基质与分析物的摩尔比和激光能量对分析物离子信号的影响,合适的摩尔比和激光能量分别为50-110:1和200-400μJ．     

用激光解吸附电离法对三甲苯生成二次有机气溶粒子的分析

利用实验室烟雾腔,在不同的实验条件下研究了由羟基启动的三甲苯光氧化反应所产生的二次有机气溶胶,采用激光解吸附技术和气溶胶飞行时间质谱仪测量了产物的化学组分和粒子的粒径分布。结果表明:随着反应物三甲苯浓度的增加,所生成的二次有机气溶胶粒子数量增多;随着反应时间的延长,生成的粒子数目也增加,但是反应到一段时间后,检测到的粒子数目几乎保持不变;光照强度的增加有利于二次有机气溶胶的生成;通过对产物的化学成分分析,说明了在二次有机光氧化产物中粒子相产物主要是芳香的环保留产物、非芳香环保留产物和环断裂产物。     

利用APD对大气气溶胶空气动力学直径测量分析

详细介绍了气溶胶大气粒子经过两个激光束后通过雪崩二极管（APD）探测其形成的双峰信号,从而得到气溶胶粒子飞行时间的方法,利用标准粒子对飞行时间进行校准后,实现了对大气气溶胶粒子直径的实时监测.通过不同粒径多组的实验数据进行分析组成专家模式,代入系统进行空气测量或标准粒子测量,得到的实验值与理论值一致.     

基于模糊聚类算法的苯系物二次有机气溶胶质谱数据分析

OH自由基启动苯系物光氧化形成的二次有机气溶胶能够影响气候变化,降低大气能见度,危害人类健康。我们实验室自行研制的气溶胶飞行时间质谱仪能够用于二次有机气溶胶的实时检测研究。该仪器在检测过程中产生大量的实验数据,对这些数据快速、自动处理并提取有价值的信息是整机系统的关键之一。本文介绍模糊聚类算法在苯系物二次有机气溶胶单粒子聚类分析中的成功运用。利用该算法对OH自由基启动1,3,5-三甲苯光氧化形成的二次有机气溶胶单粒子质谱数据进行了聚类分析,在得到的五个聚类中包含了芳香醛、酚类化合物、硝基酚和羧酸等重要的光氧化产物,为研究苯系物光氧化机理提供了新的信息。     

On-line matrix addition for detecting aerosol particles

Single aerosol particles were measured by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) with an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS). The inlet to the ATOFMS was coupled with an evaporation/condensation flow cell that allowed matrix addition by condensation onto the particles. The coated particles entered the ion source through three-stage differentially pumped capillary inlet and were then ionized by a focused 266 nm Nd:YAG laser. The mass spectra and aerodynamic size of the single particles can be obtained simultaneously. The on-line matrix addition technique makes it possible to identify biological aerosols in real-time.     

脉冲激光作用下气溶胶导致大气击穿研究

 利用锁模Nd:YAG激光及其倍频激光照射漂浮在大气中的Al₂O₂、ZnO、ZrO₂、18号玻璃粉等气溶胶粒子，在不同光学参数下对光致大气击穿阈值进行了测量。测量结果表明：空气中含较大粒子(d >30 μm)的光致击穿阈值比含较小粒子(d <1μm)的空气击穿阈值低2~3个数量级；含杂空气的击穿阈值随入射激光束直径的增大而下降，随气溶胶粒子直径的增大而减小，且随气溶胶成份的不同而不同；光致击穿阈值随波长的减小而增大。     

Analysis of spectra of acoustic signals generated by high-power pulsed laser radiation propagating in the atmosphere. 2. Spectra of acoustic signals from laser sparks

Results of theoretical and experimental investigations into the spectra of acoustic signals generated by high-power pulsed laser radiation propagating in the atmosphere in the breakdown regime are presented. Results of analogous investigations for laser breakdown on a single aerosol particle and ensemble of monodispersed particles versus the particle material and size were published in [1]. In the present work, acoustic spectra of discrete laser sparks in the atmosphere are analyzed, and their special features in comparison with acoustic spectra of individual plasma formations, spectra of acoustic signals generated by pulsed laser radiation propagating in the atmosphere in thermooptical regime, and laboratory spectra of continuous laser sparks are discussed. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 26–31, December, 2007.     

Clustered and integrated fluorescence spectra from single atmospheric aerosol particles excited by a 263- and 351-nm laser at New Haven,CT, and Adelphi,MD

Fluorescence spectra from individual micron-sized atmospheric aerosol particles were measured by a Dual-wavelength-excitation Particle Fluorescence Spectrometer (DPFS). Particles were drawn into our laboratory at Adelphi, MD, an urban site in the Washington, DC, metroplex and within the Yale University campus at New Haven, CT. Two fluorescence spectra were obtained for every individual particle as it was moving through the DPFS system and excited sequentially by single laser pulses at 263 and 351 nm. There were around ten to a few hundred particles detected per second and up to a few million per day within the 1–10 μm particle size range. The majority of the particles have weak fluorescence, but 10–50% of the particles have fluorescence signals above the noise level at both sites at different time period. For the first time, these Ultra Violet laser-induced-fluorescence (UV-LIF) spectra from individual particles were integrated every 10 min, which forms a group of about a few thousand to a few tens of thousand particles, to provide the averaged background atmospheric fluorescence spectral profiles which may be helpful in the development of bioaerosol detection systems, particularly those systems based on integrated fluorescence from a group of aerosol particles, such as Light Detection And Rangeing (LIDAR) remotor biosensor and the point sensor based on collected particles on substrate. These integrated spectral profiles had small variations from time to time and were distinguishable from that of the bacterial simulant B. subtilis. Also for the first time, the individual spectra excited by a 351 nm laser were grouped using unstructured hierarchical cluster analysis, with parameters chosen so that spectra clustered into 8 main categories. They showed less spectral variations than that excited by a 263-nm laser. Over 98% of the spectra were able to be grouped into 8 clusters, and over 90% of the fluorescent particles were in clusters 3–5 with a fluorescence emission peak around 420–470 nm; these were mostly from biological and organic carbon-containing compounds. Integrated fluorescence spectral profiles and averaged spectra for each cluster show high similarity between New Haven, CT and Adelphi, MD.