title: Optical scattering by biological aerosols: experimental and computational results on spore simulants.
abstract: We present both a computational and an experimental approach to the problem of biological aerosol characterization, joining the expertises reached in the field of theoretical optical scattering by complex, arbitrary shaped particles (multipole expansion of the electromagnetic fields and Transition Matrix), and a novel experimental technique based on two-dimensional angular optical scattering (TAOS). The good agreement between experimental and computational results, together with the possibility for a laboratory single-particle angle-resolved investigation, opens a new scenario in biological particle modelling, and might have major implications for a rapid discrimination of airborne particles.
authors.forename: Orazio I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Sindoni
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saija
authors.forename: Maria Antonia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Iatì
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borghese
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denti
authors.forename: Gustavo E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Yong-Le
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chang