Organic peroxides in aerosol: key reactive intermediates for multiphase processes in the atmosphere

S Wang, Y Zhao, AWH Chan, M Yao, Z Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic peroxides (POs) are organic molecules with one or more peroxide (− O–O−)
functional groups. POs are commonly regarded as chemically labile termination products …

Organosulfates in ambient aerosol: state of knowledge and future research directions on formation, abundance, fate, and importance

M Brüggemann, R Xu, A Tilgner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organosulfates (OSs), also referred to as organic sulfate esters, are well-known and
ubiquitous constituents of atmospheric aerosol particles. Commonly, they are assumed to …

How the acidity of water droplets and films is controlled by the air–water interface

M de la Puente, D Laage - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acidity is a key determinant of chemical reactivity in atmospheric aqueous aerosols and
water microdroplets used for catalysis. However, many fundamental questions about these …

Acidity across the interface from the ocean surface to sea spray aerosol

KJ Angle, DR Crocker, RMC Simpson, KJ Mayer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Aerosols impact climate, human health, and the chemistry of the atmosphere, and aerosol
pH plays a major role in the physicochemical properties of the aerosol. However, there …

Decreases in Epoxide-Driven Secondary Organic Aerosol Production under Highly Acidic Conditions: The Importance of Acid–Base Equilibria

ME Cooke, NC Armstrong… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Isoprene has the highest atmospheric emissions of any nonmethane hydrocarbon, and
isoprene epoxydiols (IEPOX) are well-established oxidation products and the primary …

Organic coating reduces hygroscopic growth of phase-separated aerosol particles

W Li, X Teng, X Chen, L Liu, L Xu, J Zhang… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
A large fraction of secondary aerosol particles are liquid–liquid phase-separated with an
organic shell and an inorganic core. This has the potential to regulate the hygroscopicity of …

A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles

MJ Wolf, Y Zhang, MA Zawadowicz, M Goodell… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Atmospheric ice nucleating particles (INPs) influence global climate by altering cloud
formation, lifetime, and precipitation efficiency. The role of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) …

A review of secondary organic aerosols formation focusing on organosulfates and organic nitrates

W Fan, T Chen, Z Zhu, H Zhang, Y Qiu, D Yin - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are crucial constitution of fine particulate matter (PM),
which are mainly derived from photochemical oxidation products of primary organic matter …

Simultaneous optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) and Raman spectroscopy of submicrometer atmospheric particles

NE Olson, Y **ao, Z Lei, AP Ault - Analytical Chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Physicochemical analysis of individual atmospheric aerosols at the most abundant sizes in
the atmosphere (< 1 μm) is analytically challenging, as hundreds to thousands of species …

Simulated phase state and viscosity of secondary organic aerosols over China

Z Zhang, Y Li, H Ran, J An, Y Qu, W Zhou… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) can exist in liquid, semi-solid, or amorphous solid
states. Chemical transport models (CTMs), however, usually assume that SOA particles are …