Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

Time-Resolved Molecular Characterization of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formed from OH and NO3 Radical Initiated Oxidation of a Mixture of Aromatic Precursors

V Kumar, JG Slowik, U Baltensperger… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aromatic hydrocarbons (ArHCs) and oxygenated aromatic hydrocarbons (ArHC–OHs) are
emitted from a variety of anthropogenic activities and are important precursors of secondary …

[HTML][HTML] The physics and applications of strongly coupled Coulomb systems (plasmas) levitated in electrodynamic traps

BM Mihalcea, VS Filinov, RA Syrovatka, LM Vasilyak - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Charged microparticles confined in electrodynamic traps evolve into strongly coupled
Coulomb systems (SCCS) which are the subject of current investigation. Recent results with …

[HTML][HTML] Secondary organic aerosol formation from mixed volatile organic compounds: Effect of RO2 chemistry and precursor concentration

T Chen, P Zhang, B Chu, Q Ma, Y Ge, J Liu… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) plays a significant role in contributing to atmospheric fine
particles, as well as in global air quality and climate. However, the current understanding of …

Volatility and chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol derived from acenaphthylene and acenaphthene under various oxidant conditions

W Xiang, W Wang, C Hou, CC Fan, T Lei, J Li… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Acenaphthene (ACE) and acenaphthylene (ACY), distinguished by their unique structures,
exhibit high reactivity among polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Particularly, the …

Quantitative characterization of the volatility distribution of organic aerosols in a polluted urban area: Intercomparison between thermodenuder and molecular …

W Chen, W Hu, Z Tao, Y Cai, M Cai… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To quantify the volatility of organic aerosols (OA), a comprehensive campaign was
conducted in the Chinese megacity. Volatility distributions of OA and particle‐phase organic …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of the Manchester aerosol chamber facility

Y Shao, Y Wang, M Du, A Voliotis… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
This study describes the design of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber (MAC), initially
developed in 2005 and presents for the first time its comprehensive characterisation. The …

Molecular composition and gas-particle partitioning of indoor cooking aerosol: Insights from a FIGAERO-CIMS and kinetic aerosol modeling

CG Masoud, Y Li, DS Wang, EF Katz… - Aerosol Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Organic aerosol emitted from cooking is a major concern for indoor air quality. During the
House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry (HOMEChem) campaign, we …

Molecular-Level Insights into the Relationship between Volatility of Organic Aerosol Constituents and PM2.5 Air Pollution Levels: A Study with Ultrahigh-Resolution …

K Wang, Y Zhang, H Tong, J Han, P Fu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Volatility of organic aerosols (OAs) significantly influences new particle formation and the
occurrence of particulate air pollution. However, the relationship between the volatility of OA …

[HTML][HTML] Suppression of anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol formation by isoprene

K Li, X Zhang, B Zhao, WJ Bloss, C Lin… - npj climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) represents a major fraction of atmospheric fine particles.
Both biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can contribute to SOA …