Method for detecting or quantifying carbon black and/or black carbon particles Hasselt University
The present invention is based on non-incandescence related emission generation by carbonaceous particles (e.g. carbon black (CB) and black carbon (BC) particles) under illumination with pulsed light. The pulse duration is sufficiently short to trigger an instantaneous sample response without emission of heat-induced sample incandescence. The unique property of the described emission by carbonaceous particles upon pulsed illumination allows label-free optical detection and localization of carbonaceous particles in fluids, cells and tissues of biological and carrier media of non-biological ...