Potted plants do not improve indoor air quality: a review and analysis of reported VOC removal efficiencies

BE Cummings, MS Waring - Journal of exposure science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Potted plants have demonstrated abilities to remove airborne volatile organic compounds
(VOC) in small, sealed chambers over timescales of many hours or days. Claims have …

Assessing human exposure to SVOCs in materials, products, and articles: a modular mechanistic framework

CMA Eichler, EAC Hubal, Y Xu, J Cao… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
A critical review of the current state of knowledge of chemical emissions from indoor
sources, partitioning among indoor compartments, and the ensuing indoor exposure leads …

Indoor air quality in a domestic environment: Combined contribution of indoor and outdoor PM sources

L Tofful, S Canepari, T Sargolini, C Perrino - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of outdoor and indoor sources on the chemical composition of particulate matter
(PM) collected in a domestic environment was explored. PM 2.5 samples were …

Modelling consortium for chemistry of indoor environments (MOCCIE): integrating chemical processes from molecular to room scales

M Shiraiwa, N Carslaw, DJ Tobias… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the development of a modelling consortium for chemistry in indoor
environments that connects models over a range of spatial and temporal scales, from …

Indoor aerosol water content and phase state in US residences: impacts of relative humidity, aerosol mass and composition, and mechanical system operation

BE Cummings, Y Li, PF DeCarlo, M Shiraiwa… - … Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hygroscopic particulate matter (PM) constituents promote uptake of aerosol water (AW),
depending on relative humidity (RH), which can constrain qualities such as organic aerosol …

Model framework for predicting semivolatile organic material emissions indoors from organic aerosol measurements: applications to HOMEChem stir-frying

BE Cummings, MA Pothier, EF Katz… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cooking activities emit myriad low-volatility, semivolatile, and highly volatile organic
compounds that together form particles that can accumulate to large indoor concentrations …

Indoor secondary organic aerosols: Towards an improved representation of their formation and composition in models

M Kruza, G McFiggans, MS Waring, JR Wells… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) indoors is one of the many
consequences of the rich and complex chemistry that occurs therein. Given particulate …

Understanding the Spatial Heterogeneity of Indoor OH and HO2 due to Photolysis of HONO Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Y Won, M Waring, D Rim - Environmental science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Indoor photolysis of nitrous acid (HONO) generates hydroxyl radicals (OH), and since OH is
fast reacting, it may be confined within the HONO-photolyzing indoor volume of light. This …

Improving predictions of indoor aerosol concentrations of outdoor origin by considering the phase change of semivolatile material driven by temperature and mass …

BE Cummings, AM Avery, PF DeCarlo… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Outdoor aerosols experience environmental changes as they are transported indoors,
including outdoor-to-indoor temperature and mass-loading gradients, which can reduce or …

Composition of indoor organic surface films in residences: simulating the influence of sources, partitioning, particle deposition, and air exchange

BE Cummings, PSJ Lakey, GC Morrison… - … Science: Processes & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Indoor surfaces are coated with organic films that modulate thermodynamic interactions
between the surfaces and room air. Recently published models can simulate film formation …