The hydroxyl radical (• OH) is one of the most powerful oxidizing agents, able to react
unselectively and instantaneously with the surrounding chemicals, including organic …

1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown the importance of developments in fabrication
of advanced protective equipment. This study investigates the potential of using …

Emitted by numerous primary sources and formed by secondary sources, atmospheric
brown carbon (BrC) aerosol is chemically complex. As BrC aerosol ages in the atmosphere …

Oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) by the nitrate radical (NO 3)
represents one of the important interactions between anthropogenic emissions related to …

Lag Ba'Omer, a nationwide bonfire festival in Israel, was chosen as a case study to
investigate the influence of a major biomass burning event on the light absorption properties …

Emissions from biomass burning are a significant source of brown carbon (BrC) in the
atmosphere. In this study, we investigate the molecular composition of freshly emitted …

Light-absorbing components of atmospheric organic aerosols, which are collectively termed
“brown carbon”(BrC), are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. They affect absorption of solar …

Examines in a pedagogical way all pertinent molecular and macroscopic processes that
govern the distribution and fate of organic chemicals in the environment and provides simple …

To better understand the effects of wildfires on air quality and climate, it is important to
assess the occurrence of chromophoric compounds in smoke and characterize their optical …