Chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon

A Laskin, J Laskin, SA Nizkorodov - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase

H Herrmann, T Schaefer, A Tilgner, SA Styler… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize the current understanding of bulk tropospheric aqueous-
phase chemistry. Because a complete review of all developments in this area would be …

Review on recent progress in observations, source identifications and countermeasures of PM2. 5

CS Liang, FK Duan, KB He, YL Ma - Environment International, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, PM 2.5 (atmospheric fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter≤
2.5 μm) have received so much attention that the observations, source appointment and …

Direct observation of aqueous secondary organic aerosol from biomass-burning emissions

S Gilardoni, P Massoli, M Paglione… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanisms leading to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) are an
important subject of ongoing research for both air quality and climate. Recent laboratory …

Modeling the processing of aerosol and trace gases in clouds and fogs

B Ervens - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Aerosol− cloud interactions account for the largest uncertainty in current estimates of
changes in radiative forcing according to the most recent IPCC report. 1 The term “aerosol …

[HTML][HTML] A review of experimental techniques for aerosol hygroscopicity studies

M Tang, CK Chan, YJ Li, H Su, Q Ma… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Hygroscopicity is one of the most important physicochemical properties of aerosol particles
and also plays indispensable roles in many other scientific and technical fields. A myriad of …

Photosensitized reactions of a phenolic carbonyl from wood combustion in the aqueous phase—chemical evolution and light absorption properties of AqSOA

W Jiang, MV Misovich, APS Hettiyadura… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Guaiacyl acetone (GA) is a phenolic carbonyl emitted in significant quantities by wood
combustion that undergoes rapid aqueous-phase oxidation to produce aqueous secondary …

[HTML][HTML] Aqueous secondary organic aerosol formation from the direct photosensitized oxidation of vanillin in the absence and presence of ammonium nitrate

BRG Mabato, Y Lyu, Y Ji, YJ Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Vanillin (VL), a phenolic aromatic carbonyl abundant in biomass burning emissions, forms
triplet excited states (3 VL∗) under simulated sunlight leading to aqueous secondary …

Dynamic changes in optical and chemical properties of tar ball aerosols by atmospheric photochemical aging

C Li, Q He, J Schade, J Passig… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Following wood pyrolysis, tar ball aerosols were laboratory generated from wood tar
separated into polar and nonpolar phases. Chemical information of fresh tar balls was …

Secondary organic aerosol formation from atmospheric reactions of anisole and associated health effects

C Li, MV Misovich, M Pardo, Z Fang, A Laskin, J Chen… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Anisole (methoxybenzene) represents an important marker compound of lignin pyrolysis
and a starting material for many chemical products. In this study, secondary organic aerosols …