Faraday Discussions documents a long-established series of Faraday Discussion meetings which provide a unique international forum for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The papers presented are published in the Faraday Discussion volume together with a record of the discussion contributions made at the meeting. Faraday Discussions therefore provide an important record of current international knowledge and views in the field concerned. The latest (2012) impact factor of Faraday Discussions is 3.82.

• Linear and non-linear spectroscopy of microparticles: Basic principles, new techniques and promising applications;Identification of biological microparticles using ultrafast depletion spectroscopy;Vibrational exciton coupling in pure and composite sulfur dioxide aerosols;MicroParticle photophysics illuminates viral bio-sensing;Resonance-based light scattering techniques for investigation of microdroplet processes;General Discussion;Charge and charging of nanoparticles in a SiH4 rf-plasma;Rapid transport of nano-particles having a fractional elementary charge on average in capacitively-coupled rf discharges by amplitude-modulating discharge voltage;Interaction between single dust grains and ions or electrons: laboratory measurements and their consequences for the dust dynamics;Microparticles in plasmas as diagnostic tools and substrates;Oxidation of biogenic and water-soluble compounds in aqueous and organic aerosol droplets by ozone: a kinetic and product analysis approach using laser Raman tweezers;General Discussion;The influence of small aerosol particles on the properties of water and ice clouds;Metastable nitric acid hydrates-possible constituents of polar stratospheric clouds;Is atmospheric aerosol an aerosol?-A look at sources and variability;Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance;Deliquescence behaviour of single levitated ternary salt/carboxylic acid/water microdroplets;The complex refractive index of atmospheric and model humic-like substances (HULIS) retrieved by a cavity ring down aerosol spectrometer (CRD-AS);General Discussion;Characterization of microparticles with driven optical tweezers;Optical manipulation of airborne particles: techniques and applications;In situ comparative measurements of the properties of aerosol droplets of different chemical compositionThe spectroscopy and chemical dynamics of microparticles explored using an ultrasonic trap;Using dynamic light scattering to characterize mixed phase single particles levitated in a quasi-electrostatic balance;Elastic light scattering from free sub-micron particles in the soft X-ray regime;General Discussion;The spectroscopy and dynamics of microparticles;Poster titles;List of participants;List of contributors

Faraday Discussions documents a long-established series of Faraday Discussion meetings which provide a unique international forum for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The papers presented are published in the Faraday Discussion volume together with a record of the discussion contributions made at the meeting. Faraday Discussions therefore provide an important record of current international knowledge and views in the field concerned. The latest (2012) impact factor of Faraday Discussions is 3.82.

• Linear and non-linear spectroscopy of microparticles: Basic principles, new techniques and promising applications;Identification of biological microparticles using ultrafast depletion spectroscopy;Vibrational exciton coupling in pure and composite sulfur dioxide aerosols;MicroParticle photophysics illuminates viral bio-sensing;Resonance-based light scattering techniques for investigation of microdroplet processes;General Discussion;Charge and charging of nanoparticles in a SiH4 rf-plasma;Rapid transport of nano-particles having a fractional elementary charge on average in capacitively-coupled rf discharges by amplitude-modulating discharge voltage;Interaction between single dust grains and ions or electrons: laboratory measurements and their consequences for the dust dynamics;Microparticles in plasmas as diagnostic tools and substrates;Oxidation of biogenic and water-soluble compounds in aqueous and organic aerosol droplets by ozone: a kinetic and product analysis approach using laser Raman tweezers;General Discussion;The influence of small aerosol particles on the properties of water and ice clouds;Metastable nitric acid hydrates-possible constituents of polar stratospheric clouds;Is atmospheric aerosol an aerosol?-A look at sources and variability;Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance;Deliquescence behaviour of single levitated ternary salt/carboxylic acid/water microdroplets;The complex refractive index of atmospheric and model humic-like substances (HULIS) retrieved by a cavity ring down aerosol spectrometer (CRD-AS);General Discussion;Characterization of microparticles with driven optical tweezers;Optical manipulation of airborne particles: techniques and applications;In situ comparative measurements of the properties of aerosol droplets of different chemical compositionThe spectroscopy and chemical dynamics of microparticles explored using an ultrasonic trap;Using dynamic light scattering to characterize mixed phase single particles levitated in a quasi-electrostatic balance;Elastic light scattering from free sub-micron particles in the soft X-ray regime;General Discussion;The spectroscopy and dynamics of microparticles;Poster titles;List of participants;List of contributors

Faraday Discussions documents a long-established series of Faraday Discussion meetings which provide a unique international forum for the exchange of views and newly acquired results in developing areas of physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. The papers presented are published in the Faraday Discussion volume together with a record of the discussion contributions made at the meeting. Faraday Discussions therefore provide an important record of current international knowledge and views in the field concerned. The latest (2012) impact factor of Faraday Discussions is 3.82.

• Linear and non-linear spectroscopy of microparticles: Basic principles, new techniques and promising applications;Identification of biological microparticles using ultrafast depletion spectroscopy;Vibrational exciton coupling in pure and composite sulfur dioxide aerosols;MicroParticle photophysics illuminates viral bio-sensing;Resonance-based light scattering techniques for investigation of microdroplet processes;General Discussion;Charge and charging of nanoparticles in a SiH4 rf-plasma;Rapid transport of nano-particles having a fractional elementary charge on average in capacitively-coupled rf discharges by amplitude-modulating discharge voltage;Interaction between single dust grains and ions or electrons: laboratory measurements and their consequences for the dust dynamics;Microparticles in plasmas as diagnostic tools and substrates;Oxidation of biogenic and water-soluble compounds in aqueous and organic aerosol droplets by ozone: a kinetic and product analysis approach using laser Raman tweezers;General Discussion;The influence of small aerosol particles on the properties of water and ice clouds;Metastable nitric acid hydrates-possible constituents of polar stratospheric clouds;Is atmospheric aerosol an aerosol?-A look at sources and variability;Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance;Deliquescence behaviour of single levitated ternary salt/carboxylic acid/water microdroplets;The complex refractive index of atmospheric and model humic-like substances (HULIS) retrieved by a cavity ring down aerosol spectrometer (CRD-AS);General Discussion;Characterization of microparticles with driven optical tweezers;Optical manipulation of airborne particles: techniques and applications;In situ comparative measurements of the properties of aerosol droplets of different chemical compositionThe spectroscopy and chemical dynamics of microparticles explored using an ultrasonic trap;Using dynamic light scattering to characterize mixed phase single particles levitated in a quasi-electrostatic balance;Elastic light scattering from free sub-micron particles in the soft X-ray regime;General Discussion;The spectroscopy and dynamics of microparticles;Poster titles;List of participants;List of contributors