Identification and removal of micro-and nano-plastics: Efficient and cost-effective methods

A Kundu, NP Shetti, S Basu, KR Reddy… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have gained much attention in recent
years because of their ubiquitous presence, which is the widely acknowledged threat to the …

Aerosol acidity: Novel measurements and implications for atmospheric chemistry

AP Ault - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The pH of a solution is one of its most fundamental chemical properties,
impacting reaction pathways and kinetics across every area of chemistry. The atmosphere is …

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy facilitates the detection of microplastics< 1 μm in the environment

G Xu, H Cheng, R Jones, Y Feng, K Gong… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Micro-and nanoplastics are considered one of the top pollutants that threaten the
environment, aquatic life, and mammalian (including human) health. Unfortunately, the …

Joint impacts of acidity and viscosity on the formation of secondary organic aerosol from isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX) in phase separated particles

Y Zhang, Y Chen, Z Lei, NE Olson, M Riva… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is mainly formed through acid-catalyzed
reactive uptake of isoprene-derived epoxydiols (IEPOX) onto sulfate aerosol particles. The …

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 …

Predictions of the glass transition temperature and viscosity of organic aerosols from volatility distributions

Y Li, DA Day, H Stark, JL Jimenez… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Volatility and viscosity are important properties of organic aerosols (OA), affecting aerosol
processes such as formation, evolution, and partitioning of OA. Volatility distributions of …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in supermicrometer and submicrometer aerosol particles

MA Freedman - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The interactions of aerosol particles with light and clouds are among the most
uncertain aspects of anthropogenic climate forcings. The effects of aerosol particles on …

Molecular self-organization in surfactant atmospheric aerosol proxies

A Milsom, AM Squires, AD Ward… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aerosols are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. Outdoors, they take part in the
climate system via cloud droplet formation, and they contribute to indoor and outdoor air …

Humidity-dependent viscosity of secondary organic aerosol from ozonolysis of β-caryophyllene: Measurements, predictions, and implications

AM Maclean, NR Smith, Y Li, Y Huang… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
To predict important secondary organic aerosol (SOA) properties, information on viscosity or
diffusion rates within SOA is needed. Ozonolysis of β-caryophyllene is an important SOA …

Predicting secondary organic aerosol phase state and viscosity and its effect on multiphase chemistry in a regional-scale air quality model

R Schmedding, QZ Rasool, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric aerosols are a significant public health hazard and have substantial impacts on
the climate. Secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) have been shown to phase separate into a …