Chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon

A Laskin, J Laskin, SA Nizkorodov - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

Heterogeneous photochemistry in the atmosphere

C George, M Ammann, B D'Anna… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. BACKGROUND 1.1. Why Condensed Matter Matters: Types and Significance of
Condensed Matter and Surfaces Encountered in the Atmospheric Environment The …

Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase

H Herrmann, T Schaefer, A Tilgner, SA Styler… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize the current understanding of bulk tropospheric aqueous-
phase chemistry. Because a complete review of all developments in this area would be …

Aqueous organic chemistry in the atmosphere: Sources and chemical processing of organic aerosols

VF McNeill - 2015 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, it has become clear that aqueous chemical processes occurring in
cloud droplets and wet atmospheric particles are an important source of organic …

Secondary organic aerosol formation in cloud droplets and aqueous particles (aqSOA): a review of laboratory, field and model studies

B Ervens, BJ Turpin, RJ Weber - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Progress has been made over the past decade in predicting secondary organic aerosol
(SOA) mass in the atmosphere using vapor pressure-driven partitioning, which implies that …

Aqueous chemistry and its role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation

YB Lim, Y Tan, MJ Perri, SP Seitzinger… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
There is a growing understanding that secondary organic aerosol (SOA) can form through
reactions in atmospheric waters (ie, clouds, fogs, and aerosol water). In clouds and wet …

New insights into the brown carbon chromophores and formation pathways for aqueous reactions of α-dicarbonyls with amines and ammonium

L Yang, RJ Huang, J Shen, T Wang… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aqueous-phase reactions of α-dicarbonyls with ammonium or amines have been identified
as important sources of secondary brown carbon (BrC). However, the identities of most …

Formation of light absorbing organo-nitrogen species from evaporation of droplets containing glyoxal and ammonium sulfate

AKY Lee, R Zhao, R Li, J Liggio, SM Li… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the atmosphere, volatile organic compounds such as glyoxal can partition into aqueous
droplets containing significant levels of inorganic salts. Upon droplet evaporation, both the …

Aqueous-phase secondary organic aerosol and organosulfate formation in atmospheric aerosols: a modeling study

VF McNeill, JL Woo, DD Kim, AN Schwier… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have examined aqueous-phase secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and organosulfate
(OS) formation in atmospheric aerosols using a photochemical box model with coupled gas …