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Accession Number:
ADA556806
Title:
Detection of Bioaerosols Using Single Particle Thermal Emission Spectroscopy (First-year Report)
Descriptive Note:
DRI rept. Oct 2010-Oct 2011
Corporate Author:
ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
Report Date:
2012-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
We are investigating a new type of single aerosol particle spectroscopy that is designed to identify unique and identifiable characteristic features in measured molecular emissionabsorption spectra in the thermal infrared IR region from 3 to 12 microns. Our objective is to improve the ability to identify and distinguish mundane bioaerosols from more toxic varieties andor species. During year 1 of a two-year study, we developed and investigated various techniques required for single bioparticle generation, transfer, and manipulation. During the second year, our goal will be to directly measure in situ the gray-body spectral emission from a 1 20 micron size bioparticle that is optically heated to temperatures of approximately 100 300 deg C above ambient temperatures. The resultant thermal emission is dispersively resolved using 190-mm Horiba spectrometer that houses a time-gated 32-element mercury cadmium telluride MCT linear array. In this report, we outline the fundamental theory for our approach, discuss in detail the various single particle transport and trapping methods required to conduct single particle thermal emission spectroscopy SPTES in situ, and present the result that we photophoretically trapped weak absorbing bioaerosol particles by laser bottle beam via optical aberration.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
