Molecular insights into chemical reactions at aqueous aerosol interfaces

DT Limmer, AW Götz, TH Bertram… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Atmospheric aerosols facilitate reactions between ambient gases and dissolved species.
Here, we review our efforts to interrogate the uptake of these gases and the mechanisms of …

Chemical kinetics in microdroplets

KR Wilson, AM Prophet - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Micrometer-sized compartments play significant roles in driving heterogeneous
transformations within atmospheric and biochemical systems as well as providing vehicles …

Iodide oxidation by ozone at the surface of aqueous microdroplets

AM Prophet, K Polley, GJ Van Berkel, DT Limmer… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The oxidation of iodide by ozone occurs at the sea-surface and within sea spray aerosol,
influencing the overall ozone budget in the marine boundary layer and leading to the …

Formulation of the cosmic ray–driven electron-induced reaction mechanism for quantitative understanding of global ozone depletion

QB Lu - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
This paper formulates the cosmic ray–driven electron-induced reaction as a universal
mechanism to provide a quantitative understanding of global ozone depletion. Based on a …

Coupled interfacial and bulk kinetics govern the timescales of multiphase ozonolysis reactions

MD Willis, KR Wilson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemical transformations in aerosols impact the lifetime of particle phase species, the fate of
atmospheric pollutants, and both climate-and health-relevant aerosol properties. Timescales …

Distinguishing Surface and Bulk Reactivity: Concentration-Dependent Kinetics of Iodide Oxidation by Ozone in Microdroplets

AM Prophet, K Polley, EK Brown… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Iodine oxidation reactions play an important role in environmental, biological, and industrial
contexts. The multiphase reaction between aqueous iodide and ozone is of particular …

pH jump kinetics in colliding microdroplets: accelerated synthesis of azamonardine from dopamine and resorcinol

EK Brown, G Rovelli, KR Wilson - Chemical science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent studies report the dramatic acceleration of chemical reactions in micron-sized
compartments. In the majority of these studies the exact acceleration mechanism is unknown …

Reaction acceleration at the surface of a levitated droplet by vapor dosing from a partner droplet

L Qiu, X Li, DT Holden, RG Cooks - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions in micrometer-sized droplets can be accelerated by up to six orders of
magnitude. However, this acceleration factor (ratio of rate constants relative to bulk) drops to …

Accelerated Zymonic Acid Formation from Pyruvic Acid at the Interface of Aqueous Nanodroplets

P Kim, RS Reynolds, AM Deal, V Vaida… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
To explore the role of the liquid interface in mediating reactivity in small compartments, the
formation kinetics of zymonic acid (ZA) is measured in submicron aerosols (average radius …

Desorption lifetimes and activation energies influencing gas–surface interactions and multiphase chemical kinetics

DA Knopf, M Ammann, T Berkemeier… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Adsorption and desorption of gases on liquid or solid substrates are involved in multiphase
processes and heterogeneous chemical reactions. The desorption energy (E des 0), which …