Aerosols
EMILIE drastically cuts down sample collection times as well as instrument acquisition costs, opening up an array of new possibilities in airborne nanoparticle characterization, paving the way to breakthroughs environmental monitoring, manufacturing, and life sciences.
Collection of airborne nanoparticles
In the environment, the cleanroom, or the laboratory, airborne nanoparticles as small as 10 nm can be collected by impaction directly on the very light and portable EMILIE nanomechanical sampling and sensing chips.
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Chemical characterization of ultrafine aerosols by NEMS-FTIR
After sample collection, the EMILIE nanomechanical sampling and sensing chip is transfered directly to the EMILIE infrared analyzer for NEMS-FTIR analysis. Sensitivity is increased by 4-orders of magnitude compared to filter-based transmission FTIR.
EMILIE in compared to the state-of-the-art in aerosol characterization
1000x
more sensitive than PTFE filter-based transmission spectroscopy
100x
Shorter sampling times compared to filter-based techniques
3x
Simultaneous quantified parameters: Organic functional groups, ammonium sulfate and equivalent black carbon
4x
Complementary orthogonal techniques for further analysis: RAMAN spectroscopy, SEM/EDX, O-PTIR, and LDIR
EMILIE
The first nanoelectromechanical analyzer for aerosols
Collect airborne nanoparticles as small as 10 nm directly on the EMILIE nanomechanical chips and obtain chemical information in minutes!
