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 develo** countries, such as China and India …

Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

G Wang, R Zhang, ME Gomez, L Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Sulfate aerosols exert profound impacts on human and ecosystem health, weather, and
climate, but their formation mechanism remains uncertain. Atmospheric models consistently …

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 …

Interaction of SO2 with the Surface of a Water Nanodroplet

J Zhong, C Zhu, L Li, GL Richmond… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present a comprehensive computational study of interaction of a SO2 with water
molecules in the gas phase and with the surface of various sized water nanodroplets to …

Isoprene suppression of new particle formation: Potential mechanisms and implications

SH Lee, J Uin, AB Guenther… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary aerosols formed from anthropogenic pollutants and natural emissions have
substantial impacts on human health, air quality, and the Earth's climate. New particle …

Mechanism for rapid conversion of amines to ammonium salts at the air–particle interface

W Zhang, J Zhong, Q Shi, L Gao, Y Ji, G Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The effect of sulfuric acid (SA) concentrations on heterogeneous reactions of amines such
as methylamine (MA), dimethylamine (DMA), and trimethylamine (TMA) at the air–particle …

Interaction between succinic acid and sulfuric acid–base clusters

Y Lin, Y Ji, Y Li, J Secrest, W Xu, F Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Dicarboxylic acids likely participate in the formation of pre-nucleation clusters to facilitate
new particle formation in the atmosphere, but the detailed mechanism leading to the …

Atmospheric chemistry of CH 3 CHO: the hydrolysis of CH 3 CHO catalyzed by H 2 SO 4

XF Tan, B Long, DS Ren, WJ Zhang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Elucidating atmospheric oxidation mechanisms and the reaction kinetics of atmospheric
compounds is of great importance and necessary for atmospheric modeling and the …