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Passive Samplers for Indoor Gaseous Pollutants

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A passive sampler is a device which is capable of preconcentrating an analyte without the help of a pump. Due to its advantages of simple operation, easy portability, and no external power, passive sampling is a promising method for multi-point sampling, remote-area sampling, long-term sampling, and personal sampling compared to active sampling. Over the past decades, numerous passive samplers have been developed and successfully applied for monitoring concentrations of indoor gaseous pollutants, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This chapter provides an overview of the evolution of passive samplers and passive sampling theories since 1970s, and introduces an inverse-problem-based method for the optimal design of passive samplers with the goal of minimal sampling errors.

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The author acknowledges the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51908563), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No. 2019A1515011179), Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 202102020990), and the special fund of Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality Evaluation and Control (No. BZ0344KF20-11) for financial support.

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  3. Scientific and Technical Center for Building (CSTB), Marne-La-Vallée, France

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Cao, J. (2022). Passive Samplers for Indoor Gaseous Pollutants. In: Zhang, Y., Hopke, P.K., Mandin, C. (eds) Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7680-2_17

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