Dr James Matthews
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
I am interested in the flow of gases in urban environments, and use perfluorocarbon trace gas releases to map the passage of air in urban cities. These are collected in bags for lab analysis using gas chromatography.
I am also interested in atmospheric electricity and have run campaigns measuring the atmospheric potential gradient.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Air-quality measurement arrays for urban, industrial and rural Thailand
Principal Investigator
Description
A current Newton Fund project in Bangkok, Thailand is measuring the toxicology of aerosols by sampling in one location. The project will purchase low cost aerosol samplers, air quality sensors…Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
09/02/2018 to 31/07/2018
Publications
Recent publications
12/02/2024Electrical environment can be altered at 1 km distances from high voltage power lines.
International Conference on Electrostatics 2023
Indoor exchange rates and penetration from outdoors in an instrumented terraced house (townhouse) using gas tracers
Indoor air
Metal particulates in the air we breathe
Chemistry Review Magazine
A quasi-one-dimensional model for ion-aerosol interactions and aerosol charge state downwind of corona-producing alternating current (AC) HVPL under stable atmospheric conditions
Environmental Research
Overhead AC powerlines and rain can alter the electric charge distribution on airborne particles
Environmental Research
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