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Visualization of Artificially Deposited Submicron-sized Aerosol Particles on the Surfaces of Leaves and Needles in Trees

  • Yamane, Kenichi (Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) ;
  • Nakaba, Satoshi (Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) ;
  • Yamaguchi, Masahiro (Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) ;
  • Kuroda, Katsushi (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute) ;
  • Sano, Yuzou (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University) ;
  • Lenggoro, I. Wuled (Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) ;
  • Izuta, Takeshi (Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) ;
  • Funada, Ryo (Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
  • Received : 2012.06.22
  • Accepted : 2012.10.18
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

To understand the effect of aerosols on the growth and physiological conditions of trees in forests, it is important to know the state of aerosols that are deposited on the surface of the leaves or needles. In this study, we developed methods of visualization of submicron-sized aerosols that were artificially deposited from the gas-phase or liquid phase onto tree leaves or needles in trees. Firstly, we used field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) to observe black carbon (BC) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves or needles. The distribution of BC particles deposited on the leaves and needles were distinguished based on the size and morphological features of the particles. The distribution and agglomerates size of BC particles differed between two spraying methods of BC particles employed. Secondly, we tried to visualize gold (Au) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) coupled to FE-SEM. We detected the Au particles based on the characteristic X-ray spectrum, which was secondarily generated from the Au particles. In contrast to the case of BC particles, the Au particles did not form agglomerates and were uniformly distributed on the leaf surfaces. The present results show that our methods provide useful information of adsorption and/or behavior of fine particles at the submicron level on the surface of the leaves.

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