Evolution of organic aerosols in the atmosphere

JL Jimenez, MR Canagaratna, NM Donahue… - science, 2009 - science.org
Organic aerosol (OA) particles affect climate forcing and human health, but their sources and
evolution remain poorly characterized. We present a unifying model framework describing …

Review of recent advances in detection of organic markers in fine particulate matter and their use for source apportionment

L Lin, ML Lee, DJ Eatough - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Fine particulate matter is believed to be more toxic than coarse particles and to exacerbate
health problems such as respiratory and cardiopulmonary diseases. Specific organic …

Characteristics of cooking-generated PM10 and PM2. 5 in residential buildings with different cooking and ventilation types

K Kang, H Kim, DD Kim, YG Lee, T Kim - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The fine particles (PM 2.5, PM 10) have worsened indoor air quality and have
caused an adverse effect on health. While range hoods have been typically used to exhaust …

Characterization of gas-phase organics using proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry: cooking emissions

F Klein, SM Platt, NJ Farren, A Detournay… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cooking processes produce gaseous and particle emissions that are potentially deleterious
to human health. Using a highly controlled experimental setup involving a proton-transfer …

Laboratory investigation of photochemical oxidation of organic aerosol from wood fires 2: analysis of aerosol mass spectrometer data

AP Grieshop, NM Donahue… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of photo-oxidation on organic aerosol
(OA) in dilute wood smoke by exposing emissions from soft-and hard-wood fires to UV light …

Major components of atmospheric organic aerosol in southern California as determined by hourly measurements of source marker compounds

BJ Williams, AH Goldstein, NM Kreisberg… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
We report the first hourly in-situ measurements of speciated organic aerosol (OA)
composition in an urban environment. Field measurements were made in southern …

Secondary organic aerosol formation and aging from ambient air in an oxidation flow reactor during wintertime in Bei**g, China

W Xu, Z Li, AT Lambe, J Li, T Liu, A Du, Z Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) constitute a large fraction of atmospheric aerosols, yet
our knowledge of the formation and aging processes of SOA in megacities of China is still …

Volatility of organic molecular markers used for source apportionment analysis: measurements and implications for atmospheric lifetime

AA May, R Saleh, CJ Hennigan… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Molecular markers are organic species used to define fingerprints for source apportionment
of ambient fine particulate matter. Traditionally, these markers have been assumed to be …

Squalene and cholesterol in dust from Danish homes and daycare centers

CJ Weschler, S Langer, A Fischer, G Beko… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Given the rate at which humans shed their skin (desquamation), skin flakes that contain
squalene and cholesterol are anticipated to be major constituents of indoor dust. These …

Reactive uptake studies of NO 3 and N 2 O 5 on alkenoic acid, alkanoate, and polyalcohol substrates to probe nighttime aerosol chemistry

S Gross, R Iannone, S **ao, AK Bertram - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous reactions between NO3 and N2O5 and diethyl sebacate (DES), glycerol,
oleic acid (OA), linoleic acid (LA), and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) were studied to …