Challenges and opportunities in molecular-level indoor surface chemistry and physics

Y Liu, AG Bé, VW Or, MR Alves, VH Grassian… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2020 - cell.com
The high surface-to-volume ratio that is typical indoors makes surface chemistry and physics
particularly important to the study of air quality in these environments. However, surface …

Organic synthesis in the study of terpene-derived oxidation products in the atmosphere

MA Upshur, AG Bé, J Luo, JG Varelas… - Natural product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1997 up to 2022 Volatile biogenic terpenes involved in the formation of secondary
organic aerosol (SOA) particles participate in rich atmospheric chemistry that impacts …

Isoprene-derived organosulfates: Vibrational mode analysis by Raman spectroscopy, acidity-dependent spectral modes, and observation in individual atmospheric …

AL Bondy, RL Craig, Z Zhang, A Gold… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Isoprene, the most abundant biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) in the
atmosphere, and its low-volatility oxidation products lead to secondary organic aerosol …

Cloud activation potentials for atmospheric α-pinene and β-caryophyllene ozonolysis products

A Gray Bé, MA Upshur, P Liu, ST Martin… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The formation of atmospheric cloud droplets due to secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
particles is important for quantifying the Earth's radiative balance under future, possibly …

The effect of hydroxyl functional groups and molar mass on the viscosity of non-crystalline organic and organic–water particles

JW Grayson, E Evoy, M Song, Y Chu… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The viscosities of three polyols and three saccharides, all in the non-crystalline state, have
been studied. Two of the polyols (2-methyl-1, 4-butanediol and 1, 2, 3-butanetriol) were …

Field intercomparison of the gas/particle partitioning of oxygenated organics during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) in 2013

SL Thompson, RLN Yatavelli, H Stark… - Aerosol Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We present results of the first intercomparison of real-time instruments for gas/particle
partitioning of organic species. Four recently-developed instruments that directly measure …

Molecular chirality and cloud activation potentials of dimeric α-pinene oxidation products

A Bellcross, AG Bé, FM Geiger… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The surface activity of ten atmospherically relevant α-pinene-derived dimers having varying
terminal functional groups and backbone stereochemistry is reported. We find∼ 10 …

Strategies and Tactics for Site Specific Deuterium Incorporation at Each Available Carbon Atom of α-Pinene

J Luo, MA Upshur, M Vega, NA Doering… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of several unique strategies and tactics for the synthesis of α-pinene
isotopologues that has culminated in access to all eight possible isomers with deuterium …

Synthesis and surface spectroscopy of α-pinene isotopologues and their corresponding secondary organic material

MA Upshur, MM Vega, AG Bé, HM Chase, Y Zhang… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric aerosol–cloud interactions remain among the least understood processes
within the climate system, leaving large uncertainties in the prediction of future climates. In …

Synthesis Enabled Investigations into the Acidity and Stability of Atmospherically-Relevant Isoprene-Derived Organosulfates

JG Varelas, MM Vega, MA Upshur… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric organosulfates are a class of compounds present in secondary organic
aerosols that are thought to serve as a marker of anthropogenic pollution. Organosulfates …