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 …

In China, the huge amounts of energy consumption caused severe carcinogenic polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) concentration in the soil and ambient air. This paper …

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) accounts for a significant fraction of ambient tropospheric
aerosol and a detailed knowledge of the formation, properties and transformation of SOA is …

This review aims to update our understanding on molecular distributions of water-soluble
dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in atmospheric aerosols with a focus on their …

There is an increasing concern about the occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in the environment as they are ubiquitous in ambient air and some of them are …

The present paper reviews existing knowledge with regard to Organic Aerosol (OA) of
importance for global climate modelling and defines critical gaps needed to reduce the …

Biomass combustion is an important primary source of particles with adsorbed biomarker
compounds in the global atmosphere. The introduction of natural product organic …

In virtually all published literature wherein closure between gravimetric and chemical
measurements is tested, the concentration of particulate organics is estimated by multiplying …

The major organic components of smoke particles from biomass burning are
monosaccharide derivatives from the breakdown of cellulose, accompanied by generally …

The enormous number of commensal bacteria in the lower intestine of vertebrates share
abundant molecular patterns used for innate immune recognition of pathogenic bacteria. We …