Organic peroxides in aerosol: key reactive intermediates for multiphase processes in the atmosphere

S Wang, Y Zhao, AWH Chan, M Yao, Z Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic peroxides (POs) are organic molecules with one or more peroxide (− O–O−)
functional groups. POs are commonly regarded as chemically labile termination products …

Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) from gas-phase autoxidation involving peroxy radicals: A key contributor to atmospheric aerosol

F Bianchi, T Kurtén, M Riva, C Mohr… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) are formed in the atmosphere via autoxidation
involving peroxy radicals arising from volatile organic compounds (VOC). HOM condense on …

Uncovering global-scale risks from commercial chemicals in air

Q Liu, L Li, X Zhang, A Saini, W Li, H Hung, C Hao, K Li… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Commercial chemicals are used extensively across urban centres worldwide, posing a
potential exposure risk to 4.2 billion people. Harmful chemicals are often assessed on the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring hydroperoxides in combustion: History, recent advances and perspectives

Z Wang, O Herbinet, N Hansen… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review recent progress in detection and quantification of
hydroperoxides, and to understand their reaction kinetics in combustion environments …

Molecular analysis of secondary brown carbon produced from the photooxidation of naphthalene

K Siemens, A Morales, Q He, C Li… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
We investigate the chemical composition of organic light-absorbing components, also
known as brown carbon (BrC) chromophores, formed in a proxy of anthropogenic secondary …

[HTML][HTML] Are reactive oxygen species (ROS) a suitable metric to predict toxicity of carbonaceous aerosol particles?

ZH Zhang, E Hartner, B Utinger, B Gfeller… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
It is being suggested that particle-bound or particle-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS),
which significantly contribute to the oxidative potential (OP) of aerosol particles, are a …

Unexpectedly Efficient Aging of Organic Aerosols Mediated by Autoxidation

W Zhang, Z Zhao, C Shen, H Zhang - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multiphase oxidative aging is a ubiquitous process for atmospheric organic aerosols (OA).
But its kinetics was often found to be slow in previous laboratory studies where high hydroxyl …

Iron-facilitated organic radical formation from secondary organic aerosols in surrogate lung fluid

J Wei, T Fang, PSJ Lakey… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Respiratory deposition of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and iron may lead to the
generation of reactive oxygen species and free radicals in lung fluid to cause oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] The role of highly oxygenated organic molecules in the Boreal aerosol-cloud-climate system

P Roldin, M Ehn, T Kurtén, T Olenius… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Over Boreal regions, monoterpenes emitted from the forest are the main precursors for
secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation and the primary driver of the growth of new …

Brown carbon in primary and aged coal combustion emission

H Ni, RJ Huang, SM Pieber, JC Corbin… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Smog chamber experiments were conducted to characterize the light absorption of brown
carbon (BrC) from primary and photochemically aged coal combustion emissions. Light …