New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Understanding vapor nucleation on the molecular level: A review

C Li, R Signorell - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas phase nucleation is a universal phenomenon that plays a crucial role in both natural
settings and industrial processes. Despite more than 100 years' work to decipher this highly …

[HTML][HTML] New particle formation in the sulfuric acid–dimethylamine–water system: reevaluation of CLOUD chamber measurements and comparison to an aerosol …

A Kürten, C Li, F Bianchi, J Curtius… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
A recent CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets) chamber study showed that sulfuric
acid and dimethylamine produce new aerosols very efficiently and yield particle formation …

New particle formation from sulfuric acid and ammonia: nucleation and growth model based on thermodynamics derived from CLOUD measurements for a wide range …

A Kürten - Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Understanding new particle formation and growth is important because of the strong impact
of these processes on climate and air quality. Measurements to elucidate the main new …

Ion mobility-mass spectrometry of iodine pentoxide–iodic acid hybrid cluster anions in dry and humidified atmospheres

L Ahonen, C Li, J Kubecka, S Iyer… - The journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanometer-scale clusters form from vapor-phase precursors and can subsequently grow
into nanoparticles during atmospheric nucleation events. A particularly interesting set of …

[HTML][HTML] Tutorial: The discrete-sectional method to simulate an evolving aerosol

C Li, R Cai - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The discrete-sectional method to solve the general dynamic equations is a useful tool for the
simulation of an evolving aerosol population. This tutorial is intended to equip the reader …

Resolving nanoparticle growth mechanisms from size-and time-dependent growth rate analysis

L Pichelstorfer, D Stolzenburg, J Ortega… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric new particle formation occurs frequently in the global atmosphere and may
play a crucial role in climate by affecting cloud properties. The relevance of newly formed …

[HTML][HTML] Extraction of monomer-cluster association rate constants from water nucleation data measured at extreme supersaturations

C Li, M Lippe, J Krohn, R Signorell - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We utilize recently reported data for water nucleation in the uniform postnozzle flow of
pulsed Laval expansions to derive water monomer association rates with clusters. The …

The dependence of new particle formation rates on the interaction between cluster growth, evaporation, and condensation sink

C Li, Y Zhao, Z Li, L Liu, X Zhang, J Zheng… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
New particle formation (NPF) is one of the major contributors to atmospheric aerosol number
concentrations. The initial step of NPF includes the formation and growth of small clusters …

Carbon dioxide and propane nucleation: The emergence of a nucleation barrier

J Krohn, M Lippe, C Li, R Signorell - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate homogeneous gas-phase nucleation of CO2 and C3H8 in the uniform
postnozzle flow of Laval expansions in the temperature range of 31.2 K to 62.9 K and 32.0 K …