Journal Articles

Bold names are group members, * indicates the corresponding author.

  1. B. Vennes and T. C. Preston* (2026) The effect of particle shape on shortwave radiative forcing in stratospheric aerosol injection. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. In press, 109888. Link

  2. M. Amugoda, P. De Allende, B. Shokoor, T. Kalanjian, T. C. Preston, and J. F. Davies* (2026) Broadband light scattering to characterize the absorption spectra of brown carbon chromophores. Analytical Chemistry. Accepted.

  3. A. Logozzo and T. C. Preston* (2026) Photochemical transformation of weakly absorbing organics by visible light in microdroplets. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 28: 1207–1221. Link

  4. B. Bergen, M. Laforest Mongeau, H. Yin, B. J. Wallace, M. N. Chan, T. C. Preston, and A. Zuend* (2026) Extension of the AIOMFAC model for atmospheric aerosols containing partially dissociating organosulfates and dicarboxylic acids. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 10: 22–42. Link

  5. D. J. Castillo-Pazos, J.-P. Guay, A. Logozzo, J. D. Lasso, L. Lefebvre, A. Kieran, T. C. Preston, and C.-J. Li* (2026) HERMES: Design of a 3D printed photoreactor for accessible high-throughput experimentation. Chemistry-Methods. 6: e202500110. Link

  6. V. Shahabadi, C. Lefort, H. T. Law, M. N. Chan, and T. C. Preston* (2025) Surface tension and hygroscopicity analysis of aerosols containing organosulfate surfactants. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 25: 14301–14313. Link

  7. B. Vennes, A. Bain, J. F. Davies, and T. C. Preston* (2025) Optimizing stratospheric aerosol lifetime and albedo through particle morphology and refractive index. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 5: 998–1013. Link

  8. V. Shahabadi, B. Vennes, R. Schmedding, A. Zuend, J. Mauzeroll, S. B. Schougaard, and T. C. Preston* (2024) Quantifying surface tension of metastable aerosols via electrodeformation. Nature Communications. 15: 10457. Link

  9. A. Logozzo, B. Vennes, R. K. Kohli, J. F. Davies, D. J. Castillo-Pazos, C.-J. Li, C. D. Neish, and T. C. Preston* (2024) Photochemically driven peptide formation in supersaturated aerosol droplets. Angewandte Chemie. 63: e202409788. Link

  10. X. Pei, Y. Meng, Y. Chen, H. Liu, Y. Song, Z. Xu, F. Zhang, T. C. Preston, and Z. Wang* (2024) Technical note: Characterization of a single-beam gradient force aerosol optical tweezer for droplet trapping, phase transitions monitoring, and morphology studies. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 24: 5235–5246. Link

  11. B. J. Wallace, M. Laforest Mongeau, A. Zuend, and T. C. Preston* (2023) The impact of pH on gas-particle partitioning of semi-volatile organics in multicomponent aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology. 57: 16974–16988. Link

  12. Y. Chen, X. Pei, H. Liu, Y. Meng, Z. Xu, F. Zhang, C. Xiong, C., T. C. Preston, and Z. Wang* (2023) Influence of acidity on liquid-liquid phase transitions of mixed secondary organic aerosol (SOA) proxy-inorganic aerosol droplets. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 23: 10255–10265. Link

  13. A. Rafferty, B. Vennes, A. Bain, and T. C. Preston* (2023) Optical trapping and light scattering in atmospheric aerosol science. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25: 7066–7089. Link

  14. T. C. Preston* and A. Zuend (2022) Equilibration times in viscous and viscoelastic aerosol particles. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2: 1376–1388. Link

  15. B. Vennes and T. C. Preston* (2022) Quasinormal modes of spheroidal resonators in the null-field framework and application to hybrid anapoles. Physical Review A. 106: 013513. Link

  16. C. L. Price, T. C. Preston, and J. F. Davies* (2022) Hygroscopic growth, phase morphology, and optical properties of model aqueous brown carbon aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology. 56: 3941–3951. Link

  17. T. C. Preston* (2022) Non-Fickian diffusion in viscous aerosol particles. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 100: 168–174. Part of a special issue in honor of McGill's Bicentennial. Link

  18. A. Logozzo and T. C. Preston* (2022) Temperature-controlled dual-beam optical trap for single particle studies of organic aerosol. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126: 109–118. Link

  19. H. Yin, J. Dou, L. Klein, U. K. Krieger, A. Bain, B. J. Wallace, T. C. Preston, and A. Zuend* (2022) Extension of the AIOMFAC model by iodine and carbonate species: applications for aerosol acidity and cloud droplet activation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 22: 973–1013. Link

  20. D. Pal, Y. Nazarenko, T. C. Preston and P. A. Ariya* (2021) Advancing the science of dynamic airborne nanosized particles using nano-DIHM. Communications Chemistry. 4: 1–17. Link

  21. A. Rafferty and T. C. Preston* (2021) Trapping positions in a dual-beam optical trap. Journal of Applied Physics. 130: 183105. Link

  22. B. Vennes and T. C. Preston* (2021) Morphology-dependent resonances in homogeneous and core-shell nonspherical particles. Physical Review A. 104: 033512. Link

  23. A. Bain and T. C. Preston* (2021) Hygroscopicity of microplastic and mixed microplastic aqueous ammonium sulfate systems. Environmental Science & Technology. 55: 11775–11783. Link

  24. B. Vennes, A. Rafferty, and T. C. Preston* (2021) Cavity-enhanced Raman scattering from optically deformed droplets. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 38: 893–906. Link

  25. B. J. Wallace, C. L. Price, J. F. Davies, and T. C. Preston* (2021) Multicomponent diffusion in atmospheric aerosol particles. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 1: 45–55. Link

  26. A. Bain and T. C. Preston* (2020) The wavelength-dependent optical properties of weakly absorbing aqueous aerosol particles. Chemical Communications. 56: 8928–8931. Link

  27. B. Vennes and T. C. Preston* (2020) Optical deformation of homogeneous and core-shell spherical particles. Physical Review A. 101: 063812. Link

  28. C. L. Price, A. Bain, B. J. Wallace, T. C. Preston, and J. F. Davies* (2020) Simultaneous retrieval of the size and refractive index of suspended droplets in a linear quadrupole electrodynamic balance. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124: 1811–1820. Link

  29. B. Vennes and T. C. Preston* (2019) Calculating and fitting morphology-dependent resonances of a spherical particle with a concentric spherical shell. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 36: 2089–2103. Link

  30. K. Gorkowski,* T. C. Preston, and A. Zuend (2019) Relative-humidity-dependent organic aerosol thermodynamics via an efficient reduced-complexity model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19: 13383–13407. Link

  31. A. Bain, A. Rafferty, and T. C. Preston* (2019) The wavelength-dependent complex refractive index of hygroscopic aerosol particles and other aqueous media: an effective oscillator model. Geophysical Research Letters. 46: 10636–10645. Link

  32. A. Rafferty, K. Gorkowski, A. Zuend, and T. C. Preston* (2019) Optical deformation of single aerosol particles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 19880–19886. Link

  33. B. J. Wallace and T. C. Preston* (2019) Water uptake and loss in viscous aerosol particles with concentration-dependent diffusivities. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123: 3374–3382. Link

  34. A. Bain and T. C. Preston* (2019) Mie scattering from strongly absorbing airborne particles in a photophoretic trap. Journal of Applied Physics. 125: 093101. Link

  35. A. Bain, A. Rafferty, and T. C. Preston* (2018) Determining the size and refractive index of single aerosol particles using angular light scattering and Mie resonances. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 21: 61–70. Link

  36. A. Rafferty and T. C. Preston* (2018) Measuring the size and complex refractive index of an aqueous aerosol particle using electromagnetic heating and cavity-enhanced Raman scattering. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20: 17038–17047. Link

  37. L. J. N. Lew, M. V. Ting, and T. C. Preston* (2018) Determining the size and refractive index of homogeneous spherical aerosol particles using Mie resonance spectroscopy. Applied Optics. 57: 4601–4609. Link

  38. A. Moridnejad, T. C. Preston,* and U. K. Krieger (2017) Tracking water sorption in glassy aerosol particles using morphology-dependent resonances. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121: 8176–8184. Link

  39. T. C. Preston,* J. F. Davies, and K. R. Wilson (2017) The frequency-dependent response of single aerosol particles to vapour phase oscillations and its application in measuring diffusion coefficients. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19: 3922–3931. Link

  40. A. Moridnejad and T. C. Preston* (2016) Models of isotopic water diffusion in spherical aerosol particles. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 120: 9759–9766. Link

  41. M. I. Cotterell, T. C. Preston, A. J. Orr-Ewing, and J. P. Reid* (2016) Assessing the accuracy of complex refractive index retrievals from single aerosol particle cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Aerosol Science and Technology. 50: 1077–1095. Link

  42. T. C. Preston* and J. P. Reid (2015) Determining the size and refractive index of microspheres using the mode assignments from Mie resonances. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 32: 2210–2217. Link

  43. B. J. Mason, M. I. Cotterell, T. C. Preston, A. J. Orr-Ewing, and J. P. Reid* (2015) Direct measurements of the optical cross sections and refractive indices of individual volatile and hygroscopic aerosol particles. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119: 5701–5713. Link

  44. M. I. Cotterell, B. J. Mason, T. C. Preston, A. J. Orr-Ewing, and J. P. Reid* (2015) Optical extinction efficiency measurements on fine and accumulation mode aerosol using single particle cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17: 15843–15856. Link

  45. T. C. Preston* and J. P. Reid (2015) Angular scattering of light by a homogeneous spherical particle in a zeroth-order Bessel beam and its relationship to plane wave scattering. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 32: 1053–1062. Link

  46. D. J. Stewart, C. Cai, J. Nayler, T. C. Preston, J. P. Reid,* U. K. Krieger, C. Marcolli, and Y. H. Zhang (2015) Liquid–liquid phase separation in mixed organic/inorganic single aqueous aerosol droplets. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119: 4177–4190. Link

  47. A. M. J. Rickards, Y.-C. Song, R. E. H. Miles, T. C. Preston, and J. P. Reid* (2015) Variabilities and uncertainties in characterising water transport kinetics in glassy and ultraviscous aerosol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17: 10059–10073. Link

  48. B. J. Dennis-Smither, F. H. Marshall, R. E. H. Miles, T. C. Preston, and J. P. Reid* (2014) Volatility and oxidative ageing of aqueous maleic acid aerosol droplets and the dependence on relative humidity. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 118: 5680–5691. Link

  49. I. Thanopulos, D. Luckhaus, T. C. Preston, and R. Signorell* (2014) Dynamics of submicron aerosol droplets in a robust optical trap formed by multiple Bessel beams. Journal of Applied Physics. 115: 154304. Link

  50. T. C. Preston,* B. J. Mason, J. P. Reid, D. Luckhaus, and R. Signorell (2014) Size-dependent position of a single aerosol droplet in a Bessel beam trap. Journal of Optics. 16: 025702. Link

  51. C. Cai, D. J. Stewart, T. C. Preston, J. S. Walker, Y. Zhang, and J. P. Reid* (2014) A new approach to determine vapour pressures and hygroscopicities of aqueous aerosols containing semi-volatile organic compounds. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16: 3162–3172. Link

  52. T. C. Preston and J. P. Reid* (2013) Accurate and efficient determination of the radius, refractive index, and dispersion of weakly absorbing spherical particle using whispering gallery modes. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 30: 2113–2122. Link

  53. M. Isenor, R. Escribano, T. C. Preston, and R. Signorell* (2013) Predicting the infrared band profiles for CO2 cloud particles on Mars. Icarus. 223: 591–601 Link

  54. T. C. Preston and R. Signorell* (2012) The formation and stability of co-crystalline NH3·C2H2 aerosol particles. Molecular Physics. 110: 2807–2815. Link

  55. T. C. Preston and R. Signorell* (2012) From plasmon spectra of metallic to vibron spectra of dielectric nanoparticles. Accounts of Chemical Research. 45: 1501–1510. Link

  56. T. C. Preston and R. Signorell* (2012) Infrared spectroscopy and modeling of co-crystalline CO2·C2H2 aerosol particles. Part 2: The structure and shape of co-crystalline CO2·C2H2 aerosol particles. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 136: 094510. Link

  57. T. C. Preston, C. C. Wang, and R. Signorell* (2012) Infrared spectroscopy and modeling of co-crystalline CO2·C2H2 aerosol particles. Part 1: The formation and decomposition of co-crystalline CO2·C2H2 aerosol particles. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 136: 094509. Link

  58. T. C. Preston and R. Signorell* (2011) Vibron and phonon hybridization in dielectric nanostructures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108: 5532–5536. Link

  59. T. C. Preston, G. Firanescu, and R. Signorell* (2010) Infrared spectroscopy and vibrational exciton modeling of crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous acetylene aerosol particles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12: 7924–7933. Link

  60. T. C. Preston* and R. Signorell (2010) Formation of gold particles on nanoscale toroidal DNA assembled with bis(ethylenediamine)gold (III). Langmuir. 26: 10250–10253. Link

  61. A. Weiss, T. C. Preston, J. Popov, Q. Li, S. Wu, K. C. Chou, H. M. Burt, M. B. Bally, and R. Signorell* (2009) Selective recognition of rituximab-functionalized gold nanoparticles by lymphoma cells studied with 3D imaging. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113: 20252–20258. Link

  62. T. C. Preston and R. Signorell* (2009) Growth and optical properties of gold nanoshells prior to the formation of a continuous metallic layer. ACS Nano. 3: 3696–3706. Link

  63. T. C. Preston, M. Nuruzzaman, N. D. Jones, and S. Mittler* (2009) Role of hydrogen bonding in the pH-dependent aggregation of colloidal gold particles bearing solution-facing carboxylic acid groups. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113: 14236–14244. Link

  64. T. C. Preston, and R. Signorell* (2008) Preparation and optical properties of metallodielectric core-shell-corona particles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112: 17844–17848. Link

  65. M. Gadermann, T. C. Preston, C. Troster, and R. Signorell* (2008) Characterization of palmitic and lauric acid aerosols from rapid expansion of supercritical CO2 solutions. Molecular Physics. 106: 945–953. Link

  66. M. Nuruzzaman, T. C. Preston, S. Mittler, and N. D. Jones* (2008) Chiral elaboration of gold nanoparticle surfaces by bis(binaphthyl) groups. Synlett. 207–212. Link

  67. T. C. Preston, S. Stille, N. D. Jones, and S. Mittler* (2006) Simple liquid-core waveguide polarimetry. Applied Physics Letters. 89: 253509–253511. Link

Book Chapters

  1. G. Firanescu, T. C. Preston, C. C. Wang, and R. Signorell (2011) Vibrational excitons: A molecular model to analyze infrared spectra of aerosols. In Fundamentals and Applications in Aerosol Spectroscopy, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Raton. Link

Conference Proceedings

  1. M. I. Cotterell, T. C. Preston, B. J. Mason, A. J. Orr-Ewing, and J. P. Reid (2015) Extinction cross section measurements for a single optically trapped particle. SPIE Proceedings. 9548: 95480C. Link

  2. J. P. Reid, B. J. Mason, M. I. Cotterell, T. C. Preston, and A. J. Orr-Ewing (2014) Aerosol optical chromatography and measurements of light extinction by single particles. SPIE Proceedings. 9164: 91641Y. Link

Patents

  1. N. D. Jones, S. Mittler, M. Nuruzzaman, and T. C. Preston (Filed May 23rd, 2007. Published November 29th, 2007). High-throughput screening of enantiomeric excess (ee). International Patent Application WO 2007/134446. Link