Publications
Published peer-reviewed articles are listed under four distinct research themes. (Cross-listing across themes has been avoided)
i) Fundamental Aerosol Physics (9 papers)
ii) Aerosol Instrumentation, Measurement, and Engineering Techniques (14 papers)
iii) Open-Source Aerosol Software Development and Application (4 papers)
iv) Radiative and Physicochemical Properties, and Environmental Impacts of Atmospheric Carbonaceous Aerosol and co-pollutants (41 papers)
For publications in chronological order (including papers under review), please refer to sub-section.
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(research advisees in bold italics)
Theme 1: Fundamental Aerosol Physics
1. Liu, P., W. R. Heinson, C. M. Sorensen, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2019). Kinetics of sol-to-gel transition in irreversible particulate systems, J. Colloid. Interface. Sci., 550, 57-63
2. Sharma, G., Y. Wang, R. K. Chakrabarty, and P. Biswas (2019). Modeling simultaneous coagulation and charging of nanoparticles at high temperatures using the method of moments, J. Aerosol. Sci., 132, 70-82
3. Sharma, G., S. Dhawan, N. Reed, R. K. Chakrabarty, and P. Biswas (2019). Collisional growth rate and correction factor for TiO2 nanoparticles at high temperatures in free molecular regime J. Aerosol. Sci., 127, 27-37.
4. Heinson, Y.W., P. Liu., W. R. Heinson, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2018). Breakdown of fractal dimension invariance in high monomer-volume-fraction aerosol gels, (Aerosol Research Letter) in Aerosol Sci. Tech., 52 (9), 953-956
5. Liu, P., W. R. Heinson, B. J. Sumlin, K-Y. Shen, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2018) Establishing the kinetics of ballistic-to-diffusive transition using directional statistics, Phys. Rev E. 97 (4), 042102
(The research was highlighted as a mathematical breakthrough via a feature article in the Mathematics section of the Cosmos Magazine (14th June 2018 edition))
6. Liu, P., W. R. Heinson, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2017). Fractal scaling of soot packing density across five size decades, Aerosol Science and Technology 51 (7), 879-886
7. Wang, Y., G. Sharma, C. Koh, V. Kumar, R. K. Chakrabarty, and P. Biswas (2017). Influence of Flame-Generated Ions on the Simultaneous Charging and Coagulation of Nanoparticles during Combustion. Aerosol Science and Technology 51 (7), 833-844
8. Heinson, W. R., P. Liu, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2017). Fractal scaling of coated soot aggregates, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 51 (1), 12-79
9. Liu, P. and R. K. Chakrabarty (2016) Sensitivity analysis of aggregate morphology on mass-mobility relationship and improved parameterizations, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 50 (1), 63-70
Theme 2: Aerosol Instrumentation, Measurement, and Engineering Techniques
1. Shetty, N., A. Pandey, S. Baker, W. M. Hao, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2019). Measuring Light Absorption by Organic Aerosols: Correction Factors for Solvent Extraction-Based Photometry Techniques, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 1-4
2. Heinson, Y. W., C. M. Sorensen, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2019). Portable device to determine particle asymmetry parameter, Opt. Express, 27(7), 10152-10158
3. Pandey, A., N. J. Shetty, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2019). Aerosol light absorption from optical measurements of PTFE membrane filter samples: sensitivity analysis of optical depth measures, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12(2), 1365-1373
4. Drinovec, L., A. Gregorič, P. Zotter, R. Wolf, E. Bruns, A. S. Prévôt, J.-E. Petit, O. Favez, J. Sciare, I. J. Arnold, R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller, A. Filep, and G. Močnik (2017). The filter loading effect by ambient aerosols in filter absorption photometers depends on the mixing state of the sampled particles, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 10 (3), 1043.
5. Patel, S., J. Li, A. Pandey, S. Pervez, R. K. Chakrabarty, and P. Biswas (2017). Spatio-temporal measurement of indoor particulate matter concentrations using a wireless network of low-cost sensors in households using solid fuels, Environ. Res. 152, 59-65
6. Liu, P., I. J. Arnold, Y. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Fang, P Biswas, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2015) Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Aerosol Gels in a Buoyancy-Opposed Flame Reactor, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 49:12, 1232-1241, DOI:10.1080/02786826.2015.1112356
7. Chakrabarty, R.K., I. V. Novosselov, N. Beres, H. Moosmuller, C.M. Sorensen, and C. B. Stipe (2014), Trapping and aerogelation of nanoparticles in negative gravity hydrocarbon flames. App. Phys. Lett., 104 (24), pp. 243103 (1-4)
8. Lack D., G. McMeeking, R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller , and D. Baumgardner (2014). Characterizing Elemental, Equivalent Black, and Refractory Black Carbon Aerosol Particles: A Review of Techniques, Their Limitations and Uncertainties. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 406 (1), 99-122
9. Arnold, I.A., Cory Berger, Hans Moosmuller, Noopur Sharma, C. Mazzoleni, and R.K. Chakrabarty (2013). The Iron Lung: A Device for the Continuous Delivery of Fine Particulate Matter. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85 (2), 025105
10. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, M. A. Garro, and C. B. Stipe (2012). Observation of Superaggregates from a Reversed Gravity Low-Sooting Flame. (Aerosol Research Letter), Aerosol Sci. Tech., 46:1, i-iii
11. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, W. P. Arnott, M. A. Garro, G. Tian, J. G. Slowik, E. S. Cross, J.-H. Han, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, and D. R. Worsnop. (2009). Low Fractal Dimension Cluster-Dilute Soot Aggregates from a Premixed Flame. Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 235504 (4 pages).
12. Moosmüller, H., R. K. Chakrabarty, and W. P. Arnott (2009, invited). “Aerosol Light Absorption and its Measurement: A Review”. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 844-878.
(This work is the 5th most-cited and 3rd most downloaded of all articles published by the journal during the past nine years)
13. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, M. A. Garro, W. P. Arnott, J. G. Slowik, E. S. Cross, J.-H. Han, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, and D. R. Worsnop (2008). “Morphology Based Particle Segregation by Electrostatic Charge”. J. Aerosol Sci., 39, 785-792.
14. Slowik, J. G., E. S. Cross, J.-H. Han, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, J. T. Jayne, L. R. Williams, M. R. Canagaratna, D. R. Worsnop, R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller, W. P. Arnott, J. P. Schwarz, R.-S. Gao, D. W. Fahey, G. L. Kok, and A. Petzold (2007). “An Inter-Comparison of Instruments Measuring Black Carbon Content of Soot Particles”. Aerosol Sci. Tech., 41, 295-314.
(This article was the most-cited article between 2007 and 2010 in Aerosol Science and Technology.)
Theme 3: Open-Source Aerosol Software Development and Application
1. Sumlin, B. J.; W. R. Heinson, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2018) Retrieving the aerosol complex refractive index using PyMieScatt: A Mie computational package with visualization capabilities. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 205, 127-134.
(This article was one of the “top downloaded” articles since publication as tracked by Elsevier.)
2. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. A. Garro, S. Chancellor, C. Herald, and H. Moosmüller (2009). “FracMAP: A User-Interactive Package for Performing Simulation and Orientation-Specific Morphology Analysis of Fractal-Like Solid Nano-Agglomerates”. Comp. Phys. Comm., 180, 1376-1381.
3. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. A. Garro, B. A. Garro, S. Chancellor, H. Moosmüller, and C. M. Herald (2011). “Simulation of Aggregates with Point-Contacting Monomers in the Cluster–Dilute Regime. Part 2: Comparison of Two- and Three-Dimensional Structural Properties as a Function of Fractal Dimension”. Aerosol Sci. Tech., 45, 893-898.
4. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. A. Garro, B. A. Garro, S. Chancellor, H. Moosmüller, and C. M. Herald (2011). “Simulation of Aggregates with Point-Contacting Monomers in the Cluster–Dilute Regime. Part 1: Determining the Most Reliable Technique for Obtaining Three-Dimensional Fractal Dimension from Two-Dimensional Images”. Aerosol Sci. Tech., 45, 75-80.
Theme 4: Radiative and Physicochemical Properties, and Environmental Impacts of Atmospheric Carbonaceous Aerosol and co-pollutants
1. Pervez, S., M. Verma, S. Tiwari, R. K. Chakrabarty, J. G. Watson, J. C. Chow, A. S. Panicker, M. K. Deb, M. N. Siddiqui, and Y. F. Pervez (2019). Household solid fuel burning emission characterization and activity levels in India, Sci. Total. Environ. 654, 493-504
2. Teng, S., C. Liu, M. Schnaitar, R. K. Chakrabarty, and F. Liu (2019). Accounting for the effects of nonideal minor structures on the optical properties of black carbon aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19(5), 2917-2931
3. Chakrabarty, R. K. and W. R. Heinson (2018). Scaling Laws for Light Absorption Enhancement Due to Nonrefractory Coating of Atmospheric Black Carbon Aerosol Phys. Rev. Lett; 121 (21), 218701
(The research has been selected as an “Editors’ Suggestion” in Physical Review Letters; highlighted in multiple news outlet since Nov 2018)
4. Sumlin B. J., Y. W. Heinson, R. Pattison, W. R. Heinson, W.M. Hao, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2018) UV–Vis–IR spectral complex refractive indices and optical properties of brown carbon aerosol from biomass burning, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 206, 392-398
5. Sumlin B. J., C. Oxford, B. Seo, R. Pattison, B. J. Williams, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2018) Density and homogeneous internal composition of primary brown carbon aerosol Environmental Science & Technology 52 (7), 3982–3989, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00093
6. Verma, M, S. Pervez, D. Majumdar, R. K. Chakrabarty, and Y. F. Pervez (2018), Emission estimation of aromatic and halogenated VOCs from household solid fuel burning practices, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 16 (6), 2683-2692
7. Sahu, R. K., S. Pervez, S. Tiwari, A. Panicker, R. K. Chakrabarty, J. C. Chow, J. G. Watson, and Y. S. Pervez (2018). Temporal and Spatial Variations of PM2.5 Organic and Elemental Carbon in Central India, Env. Geochem. Health 40 (5), 2205-2222
8. Pandey, A., S. Patel, S. Pervez, S. Tiwari, G. Yadama, J. C. Chow, J. G. Watson, P. Biswas, R. K. Chakrabarty (2017). Aerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India: insights from field measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017; 17 (22): 13721
(This research finding was syndicated by several international outlets such as Times of India, BBC News, Economic Times etc.)
9. Sumlin, B. J., A. Pandey, M. J. Walker, R. S. Pattison, B. J. Williams, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2017). Atmospheric Photooxidation Diminishes Light Absorption by Primary Brown Carbon Aerosol from Biomass Burning, Environmental Science & Technology Letters 4 (12), 540-545.
(This research finding was highlighted as the Dec 2017 cover of ES&T Letters and was syndicated by several media outlets including NPR)
10. Yatavelli, R. L. N., L.-W. A. Chen, J. Knue, V. Samburova, M. Gyawali, , A. C. Watts, R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller, A. Hodzic, X. Wang, B. Zielinska, J. C. Chow, and J. G. Watson (2017). Emissions and Partitioning of Intermediate-Volatility and Semi-Volatile Polar Organic Compounds (I/SV-POCs) during Laboratory Combustion of Boreal and Sub-Tropical Peat, Aerosol Science and Engineering 1 (1), 25-32.
11. Tiwari, S., U.C. Dumka, A.S. Gautam, D.G. Kaskaoutis, A.K. Srivastava, D.S. Bisht, R.K. Chakrabarty, B.J. Sumlin, and F. Solmon (2017). Assessment of PM 2.5 and PM 10 over Guwahati in Brahmaputra River Valley: Temporal evolution, source apportionment and meteorological dependence, Atmos. Poll. Res., 8(1), 13-28
12. Ellis, A., R. Edwards, M. Saunders, R. K. Chakrabarty, R. Subramanian, N. E. Timms, A. Riessen, A. M. Smith, D. Lambrinidis, L. J. Nunes, P. Vallelonga, I. D. Goodwin, A. D. Moy, M. A. Curran, and T. D. Ommen (2016). Individual particle morphology, coatings, and impurities of black carbon aerosols in Antarctic ice and tropical rainfall, Geophys. Res. Lett. 43, 22.
13. Bisht, D. S., S. Tiwari, U.C. Dumka, A.K. Srivastava, P.D. Safai, S.D. Ghude, D.M. Chate, P.S.P. Rao, K. Ali, T. Prabhakaran, A.S. Panickar, V.K. Soni, S.D. Attri, P. Tunved, R.K. Chakrabarty, P.K. Hopke (2016). Tethered balloon-born and ground-based measurements of black carbon and particulate profiles within the lower troposphere during the foggy period in Delhi, India, Sci. Tot. Env. 573, 894-905
14. Pandey, A., S. Pervez, and R. K. Chakrabarty (2016). Filter-based measurements of UV–vis mass absorption cross sections of organic carbon aerosol from residential biomass combustion: Preliminary findings and sources of uncertainty, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 182, 296-304.
15. Samburova, V., J. Connolly, M. Gyawali , Yatavelli, R. L. N., A. C. Watts, R. K. Chakrabarty, B. Zielinska, H. Moosmüller, and A. Khlystov (2016). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biomass-burning emissions and their contribution to light absorption and aerosol toxicity, Sci. Tot. Env. 568, 391-401
16. Tiwari, S., U.C. Dumka, P.K. Hopke, P. Tunved, A.K. Srivastava, D.S. Bisht, and R.K. Chakrabarty (2016) Atmospheric heating due to black carbon aerosol during the summer monsoon period over Ballia: A rural environment over Indo-Gangetic Plain, Atmos. Res., 178, 393-400
17. Pandey, A., and R. K. Chakrabarty (2016). Scattering directionality parameters of fractal black carbon aerosols and comparison with the Henyey–Greenstein approximation, Opt. Lett. 41 (14), 3351-3354
18. Dewangan, S., S. Pervez, R. K. Chakrabarty, J.G. Watson, J.C. Chow, Y. Pervez, S. Tiwari, and J. Rai (2016). Study of carbonaceous fractions associated with indoor PM2. 5/PM10 during Asian cultural and ritual burning practices, Building and Environment, 106, 229-236
19. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. Gyawali, R. L. N. Yatavelli, A. Pandey, A. C. Watts, J. Knue, L.-W. A. Chen, R. R. Pattison, A. Tsibart, V. Samburova, and H. Moosmüller (2016). Brown carbon aerosols from burning of boreal peatlands: microphysical properties, emission factors, and implications for direct radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16 (5), 3033-3040
20. Heinson, W. R. and R. K. Chakrabarty (2016). Fractal morphology of black carbon aerosol enhances absorption in the thermal infrared wavelengths, Opt. Lett., 41 (4), 808-811
21. S. Pervez, R.K. Chakrabarty, S. Dewangan, J.G. Watson, J.C. Chow, and J. L. Matawale (2016) Chemical speciation of aerosols and air quality degradation during the festival of lights (Diwali), Atmos. Poll. Res. 7 (1), 92-99
22. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. Gyawali, R. L. N. Yatavelli, A. Pandey, A. C. Watts, J. Knue, L.-W. A. Chen, R. R. Pattison, A. Tsibart, V. Samburova, and H. Moosmüller (2015). Dominance of brown carbon in aerosol emissions from burning of boreal peatlands, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 28793-28813, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-28793-2015
23. Ellis, A., R. Edwards, M. Saunders, R. K. Chakrabarty, R. Subramanian, A. van Riessen, A.M. Smith, D. Lambrinidis, L.J. Nunes, P. Vallelonga, I.D. Goodwin, A.D. Moy, M.A. Curran, T.D. van Ommen (2015). Characterizing black carbon in rain and ice cores using coupled tangential flow filtration and transmission electron microscopy, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 3959-3969, doi:10.5194/amt-8-3959-2015, 2015.
24. Pervez, S., R. K. Chakrabarty, S. Dewangan, J.G. Watson, J.C. Chow, J.L. Matawle, and Y. Pervez (2015). Cultural and Ritual Burning Emission Factors and Activity Levels in India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 15 (1), 72-80
25. Pandey, A., R. K. Chakrabarty, L. Liu, and M. I. Mishchenko (2015). Empirical relationships between optical properties and equivalent diameters of fractal soot aggregates at 550 nm wavelength. Opt. Express 23, A1354-A1362.
26. Chakrabarty, R.K., N. Beres, H. Moosmuller, S. China, C. Mazzoleni, L. Liu, and M. I. Mishchenko (2014). Soot superaggregates from flaming wildfires and their direct radiative forcing. Nat Sci. Rep., 4(5508), pp 1-8
(This article was highlighted by Yahoo news, Nature Publication Group, Energywire, RedOrbit, and several leading newspapers worldwide. It is in the list of “Top 20 most accessed article” since June 2014 in Nature Scientific Reports)
27. Chakrabarty, R. K., S. Pervez, J.C. Chow, J. G. Watson, S. Dewangan, J. Robles, and G. Tian (2014). “Funeral Pyres in India: Brown Carbon Aerosol Emissions and Climate Impacts”. Environ. Sci. Technol. Letters, DOI: 10.1021/ez4000669
(This work was highlighted by the Chemical and EngineeringNews (C&EN), Nature Publication Group, Climatewire, and several newspapers worldwide).
28. S. Pervez, R.K. Chakrabarty, S. Dewangan, and B. Zielinska, and (2014). “Uncharted sources of particle bound PAHs from South Asia: Religious and Ritual burning practices”. Atmospheric Pollution Research 5 (2), 283-291
29. Ehlers K. M., R. K. Chakrabarty, and H. Moosmüller (2013). “Blue Moon and Martian Sunsets”. Applied Optics 53 (9), 1808-1819
30. Chakrabarty, R. K., I. J. Arnold, D.M. Francisco, B. Hatchett, F. Hosseinpour, M. Loria, A. Pokharel, and B. M. Woody (2013). Black and brown carbon fractal aggregates from combustion of two fuels widely used in Asian rituals. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 122, 25–30.
31. Dewangan, S., R.K. Chakrabarty, B. Zielinska, and S. Pervez (2013). “Emission of volatile organic compounds from religious and ritual activities in India”. Environ. Mon. Assess., 185(11):9279-86 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3250-z
(This work was highlighted by the Nature Publication Group and several Asian and British newspapers)
32. Dewangan, S., R.K. Chakrabarty, B. Zielinska, and S. Pervez (2013). “Indoor VOCs from religious and ritual burning practices in India”. Aerosol and Air Quality Res., 14, 1418-1430
33. Moosmüller, H., J. P. Engelbrecht, M. Skiba, G. Frey, R. K. Chakrabarty, and W. P. Arnott (2012). Single Scattering Albedo of Fine Mineral Dust Aerosols Controlled by Iron Concentration. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 117, D11210, doi:10.1029/2011JD016909 (10 pages).
(This work was listed as one of the top 20 “Most Popular” articles by Journal of Geophysical Research between the period June and August 2012)
34. Chakrabarty, R. K., M. A. Garro, E. M. Wilcox, and H. Moosmüller (2012). Strong Radiative Heating due to Wintertime Black Carbon Aerosols in the Brahmaputra River Valley. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi:10.1029/2012GL051148 (5 pages).
(This paper has been covered in Priyadarshini, S. (2012). Brahmaputra Valley Pushing 'Glacier-Melting Pollutants' into Himalayas. Nature India Science News, doi:10.1038/nindia.2012.71, http://www.nature.com/nindia/2012/120516/full/nindia.2012.71.html, and in several newspapers and reports.)
35. Moosmüller, H. and R. K. Chakrabarty (2011). “Technical Note: Simple Analytical Relationships between Ångström Coefficients of Aerosol Extinction, Scattering, Absorption, and Single Scattering Albedo”. Atm. Chem. Phys., 11, 10677-10680.
36. Moosmüller, H., R. K. Chakrabarty, K. M. Ehlers, and W. P. Arnott (2011). “Absorption Ångström Coefficient, Brown Carbon, and Aerosols: Basic Concepts, Bulk Matter, and Spherical Particles”. Atm. Chem. Phys., 11, 1217-1225
37. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, L.-W. A. Chen, K. Lewis, W. P. Arnott, C. Mazzoleni, M. Dubey, C. E. Wold, W. M. Hao, and S. M. Kreidenweis (2010). “Brown Carbon in Tar Balls from Smoldering Biomass Combustion”. Atm. Chem. Phys., 10, 6363-6370.
38. Lewis, K. A., W. P. Arnott, H. Moosmüller, R. K. Chakrabarty, C. M. Carrico, S. M. Kreidenweis, D. E. Day, W. C. Malm, A. Laskin, J. L. Jimenez, I. M. Ulbrich, J. A. Huffman, T. B. Onasch, A. Trimborn, L. Lui, and M. I. Mishchenko (2009). “Reduction in Biomass Burning Aerosol Light Absorption upon Humidification: Roles of Inorganically-Induced Hygroscopicity, Particle Collapse, and Photoacoustic Heat and Mass Transfer”. Atm. Chem. Phys., 9, 8949-8966.
39. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, W. P. Arnott, M. A. Garro, J. G. Slowik, E. S. Cross, J.-H. Han, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, and D. R. Worsnop (2007). “Light Scattering and Absorption by Fractal-Like Carbonaceous Chain Aggregates: Comparison of Experiment and Approximate Calculations”. Appl. Opt., 46, 6990-7006.
40. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, W. P. Arnott, M. A. Garro, and J. W. Walker (2006). “Structural and Fractal Properties of Particles Emitted by Spark Ignition Engines”. Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 6647-6654.
41. Chakrabarty, R. K., H. Moosmüller, M. A. Garro, W. P. Arnott, J. W. Walker, R. A. Susott, R. E. Babbitt, C. E. Wold, E. N. Lincoln, and W. M. Hao (2006). “Emissions from the Laboratory Combustion of Wildland Fuels: Particle Morphology and Size”. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D07204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006659.