Atmospheric aerosol particles, being composed of various types of chemical mixtures, affect significantly on human health and climate. During the last decade, many studies were focused on characterization of chemical and physical properties as well as source apportionment of atmospheric aerosols, which have made substantial implications for aerosol-induced air pollution and climate mitigation. Instrumental measurement techniques provide one of the most direct and effective ways to determine aerosol physicochemical characterization and thereby to constrain aerosol modeling. The Aerodyne soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SP-AMS), a state-of-the-art instrument, combines the advantages of both high-resolution time-of-flight AMS (HR-ToF-AMS) and single particle soot photometer (SP2). It can measure high-resolution chemical composition, size distribution, and mixing state of both non-refractory and refractory aerosol particles. Specially, chemical-resolved coating materials of refractory black carbon-containing particles can be quantified by SP-AMS. Moreover, same as HR-ToF-AMS, highly time-resolved organic mass spectral data can be applied for further identification and quantification of organic aerosol sources with receptor models, such as positive matrix factorization (PMF). This review summarizes results and findings obtained by recent SP-AMS measurements in field observations and laboratory studies. These SP-AMS measurements mainly cover the topics of soot cluster ions, trace metals, chemical composition and sources of non-refractory bulk aerosols, mixing state, and light absorption properties of black carbon-containing particles. Finally, we propose some potential prospects for future studies by using the SP-AMS.

大气气溶胶颗粒由各种类型的化学混合物组成，对人类健康和气候有重大影响。在过去的十年中，许多研究集中于表征化学和物理特性以及大气气溶胶的来源分配，这对气溶胶引起的空气污染和减缓气候产生了重大影响。仪器测量技术提供了一种最直接，最有效的方法来确定气溶胶的物理化学特征，从而限制气溶胶的建模。Aerodyne烟灰颗粒气溶胶质谱仪（SP-AMS）是最先进的仪器，结合了高分辨率飞行时间AMS（HR-ToF-AMS）和单颗粒烟灰光度计（ SP2）。它可以测量高分辨率的化学成分，非耐火和耐火气溶胶颗粒的粒径分布和混合状态。特别地，可以通过SP-AMS对难熔的含黑碳颗粒的化学溶解的涂料进行定量。此外，与HR-ToF-AMS一样，时间分辨力强的有机质谱数据可用于通过受体模型（例如正矩阵分解（PMF））进一步鉴定和定量有机气溶胶源。这篇综述总结了在现场观察和实验室研究中通过最近的SP-AMS测量获得的结果和发现。这些SP-AMS测量主要涵盖烟尘簇离子，痕量金属，化学成分和非耐火散装气溶胶的来源，混合态和含黑碳颗粒的光吸收特性。最后，