The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds

HOT Pye, A Nenes, B Alexander, AP Ault… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Acidity, defined as pH, is a central component of aqueous chemistry. In the atmosphere, the
acidity of condensed phases (aerosol particles, cloud water, and fog droplets) governs the …

Formation of secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic precursors in laboratory studies

D Srivastava, TV Vu, S Tong, Z Shi… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Aerosols produced from the oxidation of volatile/semi-volatile organic compounds
(VOCs/SVOCs), known as secondary organic aerosol (SOA), account for a significant …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase

H Herrmann, T Schaefer, A Tilgner, SA Styler… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize the current understanding of bulk tropospheric aqueous-
phase chemistry. Because a complete review of all developments in this area would be …

Organosulfates in ambient aerosol: state of knowledge and future research directions on formation, abundance, fate, and importance

M Brüggemann, R Xu, A Tilgner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organosulfates (OSs), also referred to as organic sulfate esters, are well-known and
ubiquitous constituents of atmospheric aerosol particles. Commonly, they are assumed to …

A critical evaluation of proxy methods used to estimate the acidity of atmospheric particles

CJ Hennigan, J Izumi, AP Sullivan… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Given significant challenges with available measurements of aerosol acidity, proxy methods
are frequently used to estimate the acidity of atmospheric particles. In this study, four of the …

The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere: state of the art and challenges

B Noziere, M Kalberer, M Claeys, J Allan… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The Earth's atmosphere offers a striking contrast with other known planets by its rich organic
composition, which results almost exclusively from the presence of life on the planet. About …

Increasing isoprene epoxydiol-to-inorganic sulfate aerosol ratio results in extensive conversion of inorganic sulfate to organosulfur forms: implications for aerosol …

M Riva, Y Chen, Y Zhang, Z Lei, NE Olson… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Acid-driven multiphase chemistry of isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX), key isoprene oxidation
products, with inorganic sulfate aerosol yields substantial amounts of secondary organic …

Formation of secondary organic aerosol from nitrate radical oxidation of phenolic VOCs: Implications for nitration mechanisms and brown carbon formation

RJ Mayorga, Z Zhao, H Zhang - Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Volatile phenolic derivatives are substantially emitted from biomass burning and produced
from photochemistry of atmospheric aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Oxidation …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a real-time tracer for isoprene epoxydiols-derived secondary organic aerosol (IEPOX-SOA) from aerosol mass spectrometer …

WW Hu, P Campuzano-Jost, BB Palm… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Substantial amounts of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) can be formed from isoprene
epoxydiols (IEPOX), which are oxidation products of isoprene mainly under low-NO …