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 …

Optical properties of secondary organic aerosols and their changes by chemical processes

T Moise, JM Flores, Y Rudich - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …

Elucidating severe urban haze formation in China

S Guo, M Hu, ML Zamora, J Peng… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
As the world's second largest economy, China has experienced severe haze pollution, with
fine particulate matter (PM) recently reaching unprecedentedly high levels across many …

Markedly enhanced absorption and direct radiative forcing of black carbon under polluted urban environments

J Peng, M Hu, S Guo, Z Du, J Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Black carbon (BC) exerts profound impacts on air quality and climate because of its high
absorption cross-section over a broad range of electromagnetic spectra, but the current …

Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties

S China, B Scarnato, RC Owen, B Zhang… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The radiative properties of soot particles depend on their morphology and mixing state, but
their evolution during transport is still elusive. Here we report observations from an electron …

Multigeneration production of secondary organic aerosol from toluene photooxidation

Y Li, J Zhao, Y Wang, JH Seinfeld… - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photooxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produces secondary organic aerosol
(SOA) and light-absorbing brown carbon (BrC) via multiple reaction steps/pathways …

Unexpected oligomerization of small α-dicarbonyls for secondary organic aerosol and brown carbon formation

Y Li, Y Ji, J Zhao, Y Wang, Q Shi, J Peng… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Large amounts of small α-dicarbonyls (glyoxal and methylglyoxal) are produced in the
atmosphere from photochemical oxidation of biogenic isoprene and anthropogenic …

Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction

JC Corbin, RL Modini, M Gysel-Beer - Aerosol Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Soot aggregates form as open, fractal-like structures, but aged atmospheric particles are
often observed to be restructured into more-compact shapes due to internal mixing …

Effective density and mixing state of aerosol particles in a near-traffic urban environment

J Rissler, EZ Nordin, AC Eriksson… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
In urban environments, airborne particles are continuously emitted, followed by atmospheric
aging. Also, particles emitted elsewhere, transported by winds, contribute to the urban …

Role of elemental carbon in the photochemical aging of soot

M Li, F Bao, Y Zhang, W Song… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Soot, which consists of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), is a significant
component of the total aerosol mass in the atmosphere. Photochemical oxidation is an …