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 …

Modeling the formation and growth of atmospheric molecular clusters: A review

J Elm, J Kubečka, V Besel, MJ Jääskeläinen… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Molecular clusters are ubiquitous constituents of the ambient atmosphere, that can grow into
larger sizes forming new aerosol particles. The formation and growth of small clusters into …

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 …

Critical role of iodous acid in neutral iodine oxoacid nucleation

R Zhang, HB Xie, F Ma, J Chen, S Iyer… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nucleation of neutral iodine particles has recently been found to involve both iodic acid
(HIO3) and iodous acid (HIO2). However, the precise role of HIO2 in iodine oxoacid …

Processes controlling the composition and abundance of Arctic aerosol

MD Willis, WR Leaitch, JPD Abbatt - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

Quantum chemical modeling of organic enhanced atmospheric nucleation: A critical review

J Elm, D Ayoubi, M Engsvang… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol particles are important for our global climate, but the mechanisms and especially the
relative importance of various vapors for new particles formation (NPF) remain uncertain …

[HTML][HTML] Overview: Homogeneous nucleation from the vapor phase—The experimental science

BE Wyslouzil, J Wölk - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Homogeneous nucleation from the vapor phase has been a well-defined area of research
for∼ 120 yr. In this paper, we present an overview of the key experimental and theoretical …

Aging of atmospheric aerosols and the role of iron in catalyzing brown carbon formation

HA Al-Abadleh - Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Extensive research has been done on the processes that lead to the formation of secondary
organic aerosol (SOA) including the atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds …

Atmospheric fate of monoethanolamine: enhancing new particle formation of sulfuric acid as an important removal process

HB Xie, J Elm, R Halonen, N Myllys… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Monoethanolamine (MEA), a potential atmospheric pollutant from the capture unit of a
leading CO2 capture technology, could be removed by participating H2SO4-based new …

Clusteromics III: acid synergy in sulfuric acid–methanesulfonic acid–base cluster formation

J Elm - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Acid–base molecular clusters are an important stage in atmospheric new particle formation.
While such clusters are most likely multicomponent in nature, there are very few reports on …