Citation:
Nasir ZA, Tyrrel S. (2015) Fluorescence based detection of bioaerosols to improve emissions characterization from environmental sources, Poster abstracts from the Annual Aerosol Science Conference 2015: Aerosol Generation and Impact, 12 November 2015, Birmingham, UK
Abstract:
Bioaerosols are ubiquitous in ambient air but there have been increasing concerns about their human exposure and to
health impact due to ever increasing environmental emissions from sources such as biowaste and intensive agriculture
facilities (Borlée et al. 2015). However, the knowledge on their risk of exposure to the public is limited mainly due to a
lack of emission characterisation, in part due to the limitation of conventional methods for the detection and
characterisation of ambient bioaerosols. Among emerging techniques, fluorescence spectroscopy has shown promise in
detecting and broadly classifying bioaerosols (Pan et al. 2015). This paper provides the preliminary results of a study that
aims to demonstrate the potential of a fluorescence based bioaerosol sensor unit to detect and quantify these in real time
with a view to developing and advancing bioaerosol exposure assessment methodologies to various environmental
sources.
