[HTML][HTML] How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective …

A Diener, P Mudu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

Organic peroxides in aerosol: key reactive intermediates for multiphase processes in the atmosphere

S Wang, Y Zhao, AWH Chan, M Yao, Z Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic peroxides (POs) are organic molecules with one or more peroxide (− O–O−)
functional groups. POs are commonly regarded as chemically labile termination products …

Ultrafine particles: unique physicochemical properties relevant to health and disease

HS Kwon, MH Ryu, C Carlsten - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) are aerosols with an aerodynamic diameter of 0.1 µm (100 nm) or
less. There is a growing concern in the public health community about the contribution of …

Adsorption materials for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the key factors for VOCs adsorption process: A review

X Li, L Zhang, Z Yang, P Wang, Y Yan, J Ran - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds are harmful to the environment and human health. Adsorption
technology has been used to VOCs abatement for over 30 years and has proven to be an …

Recent progress on flexible room-temperature gas sensors based on metal oxide semiconductor

LX Ou, MY Liu, LY Zhu, DW Zhang, HL Lu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things, there is a great demand for portable
gas sensors. Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) are one of the most traditional and well …

Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) from gas-phase autoxidation involving peroxy radicals: A key contributor to atmospheric aerosol

F Bianchi, T Kurtén, M Riva, C Mohr… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) are formed in the atmosphere via autoxidation
involving peroxy radicals arising from volatile organic compounds (VOC). HOM condense on …

Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

Secondary organic aerosol formed by condensing anthropogenic vapours over China's megacities

W Nie, C Yan, DD Huang, Z Wang, Y Liu, X Qiao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary organic aerosol contributes a significant fraction to aerosol mass and toxicity.
Low-volatility organic vapours are critical intermediates connecting the oxidation of volatile …

Resonance-stabilized hydrocarbon-radical chain reactions may explain soot inception and growth

KO Johansson, MP Head-Gordon, PE Schrader… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Mystery surrounds the transition from gas-phase hydrocarbon precursors to terrestrial soot
and interstellar dust, which are carbonaceous particles formed under similar conditions …

Atmospheric new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines in a Chinese megacity

L Yao, O Garmash, F Bianchi, J Zheng, C Yan… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) is an important global phenomenon that is
nevertheless sensitive to ambient conditions. According to both observation and theoretical …