Reactions at surfaces in the atmosphere: integration of experiments and theory as necessary (but not necessarily sufficient) for predicting the physical chemistry of …

BJ Finlayson-Pitts - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
While particles have significant deleterious impacts on human health, visibility and climate,
quantitative understanding of their formation, composition and fates remains problematic …

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 …

The microscopic structure of adsorbed water on hydrophobic surfaces under ambient conditions

P Cao, K Xu, JO Varghese, JR Heath - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
The interaction of water vapor with hydrophobic surfaces is poorly understood. We utilize
graphene templating to preserve and visualize the microscopic structures of adsorbed water …

Nanoscale condensation of water on self-assembled monolayers

M James, TA Darwish, S Ciampi, SO Sylvester… - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that water is almost universally present on apparently dry self-assembled
monolayers, even on those considered almost hydrophobic by conventional methods such …

Enhanced surface hydrophobicity by coupling of surface polarity and topography

N Giovambattista, PG Debenedetti… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
We use atomistic computer simulation to explore the relationship between mesoscopic
(liquid drop contact angle) and microscopic (surface atomic polarity) characteristics for water …

Review of the bulk and surface chemistry of iron in atmospherically relevant systems containing humic-like substances

HA Al-Abadleh - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
As the fourth most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust, iron is ubiquitous and its
chemistry is rich and interdisciplinary in nature. This review synthesizes the current state of …

Heterogeneous oxidation kinetics of organic biomass burning aerosol surrogates by O 3, NO 2, N 2 O 5, and NO 3

DA Knopf, SM Forrester, JH Slade - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactive uptake coefficients (γ) of O3, NO2, N2O5, and NO3 by levoglucosan, abietic
acid, nitroguaiacol, and an atmospherically relevant mixture of those species serving as …

Chlorine activation indoors and outdoors via surface-mediated reactions of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen chloride

JD Raff, B Njegic, WL Chang… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Gaseous HCl generated from a variety of sources is ubiquitous in both outdoor and indoor
air. Oxides of nitrogen (NOy) are also globally distributed, because NO formed in …

Modelling consortium for chemistry of indoor environments (MOCCIE): integrating chemical processes from molecular to room scales

M Shiraiwa, N Carslaw, DJ Tobias… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the development of a modelling consortium for chemistry in indoor
environments that connects models over a range of spatial and temporal scales, from …

Perspective: Aerosol microphysics: From molecules to the chemical physics of aerosols

BR Bzdek, JP Reid - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Aerosols are found in a wide diversity of contexts and applications, including the
atmosphere, pharmaceutics, and industry. Aerosols are dispersions of particles in a gas, and …