Aerosol particles in the atmosphere profoundly influence public health and climate. Ultrafine
particles enter the body through the lungs and can translocate to essentially all organs, and …

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 …

A key challenge in aerosol pollution studies and climate change assessment is to
understand how atmospheric aerosol particles are initially formed,. Although new particle …

Iodic acid (HIO3) is known to form aerosol particles in coastal marine regions, but predicted
nucleation and growth rates are lacking. Using the CERN CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving …

Molecular clusters are ubiquitous constituents of the ambient atmosphere, that can grow into
larger sizes forming new aerosol particles. The formation and growth of small clusters into …

Understanding the atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) process within the global
range is important for revealing the budget of atmospheric aerosols and their impacts. We …

New particle formation (NPF) is one of the major sources of atmospheric ultrafine particles.
Due to the high aerosol and trace gas concentrations, the mechanism and governing factors …

Intense and frequent new particle formation (NPF) events have been observed in polluted
urban environments, yet the dominant mechanisms are still under debate. To understand the …

Nucleation of neutral iodine particles has recently been found to involve both iodic acid
(HIO3) and iodous acid (HIO2). However, the precise role of HIO2 in iodine oxoacid …

Transformation of low-volatility gaseous precursors to new particles affects aerosol number
concentration, cloud formation and hence the climate. The clustering of acid and base …