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 …

A constant number Monte Carlo approach to examine Non-Isothermal nucleation and growth in a limited vapor system

X Chen, H Yang, CJ Hogan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Nucleation and growth are the central reactions in gas phase nanomaterial synthesis
reactors. When particles collisionally grow, latent heat release occurs, which can lead to …

Survival probability of new atmospheric particles: closure between theory and measurements from 1.4 to 100 nm

R Cai, C Deng, D Stolzenburg, C Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
The survival probability of freshly nucleated particles governs the influences of new particle
formation (NPF) on atmospheric environments and the climate. It characterizes the …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement report: Size distributions of urban aerosols down to 1 nm from long-term measurements

C Deng, Y Li, C Yan, J Wu, R Cai… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
The size distributions of urban atmospheric aerosols convey important information on their
origins and impacts. Their long-term characteristics, especially for sub-3 nm particles, are …

Impacts of coagulation on the appearance time method for new particle growth rate evaluation and their corrections

R Cai, C Li, XC He, C Deng, Y Lu, R Yin… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The growth rate of atmospheric new particles is a key parameter that determines their
survival probability of becoming cloud condensation nuclei and hence their impact on the …

What controls the observed size-dependency of the growth rates of sub-10 nm atmospheric particles?

J Kontkanen, D Stolzenburg, T Olenius… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation and growth of atmospheric particles involving sulfuric acid and organic vapors
is estimated to have significant climate effects. To accurately represent this process in large …

Improvement and validation of discrete-sectional method based code for fast reactor aerosol dynamics

S Sivakumar, AJ Sudha, V Subramanian… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study of the dynamics of aerosols produced during a severe accident is vital to the
safety analysis of a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR). Sodium leakage into the …

Role of gas–molecular cluster–aerosol dynamics in atmospheric new-particle formation

T Olenius, P Roldin - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
New-particle formation from vapors through molecular cluster formation is a central process
affecting atmospheric aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei numbers, and a significant …

Simulation of the steady mixing state of black carbon with a two‐dimensional sectional model

Q Lin, J Wang, C Li, X Huang, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) strongly absorbs solar radiation and has a warming effect on the earth‐
atmosphere system. BC experiences continuous aging, making its optical properties a great …

Modeling titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoclusters using a 2D sectional method with molecular dynamics (MD) determined coagulation rates

N Srinivasan, G Shim, T Tamadate, S Zou, L Li… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of the particle size distribution (PSD) evolution of growing nanometer
scale particles is important in designing gas-phase synthesis reactors for the production of …