Multiphase microreactors based on liquid–liquid and gas–liquid dispersions stabilized by colloidal catalytic particles

D Dedovets, Q Li, L Leclercq… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pickering emulsions, foams, bubbles, and marbles are dispersions of two immiscible liquids
or of a liquid and a gas stabilized by surface‐active colloidal particles. These systems can …

Aqueous microdroplets enable abiotic synthesis and chain extension of unique peptide isomers from free amino acids

DT Holden, NM Morato… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Amide bond formation, the essential condensation reaction underlying peptide synthesis, is
hindered in aqueous systems by the thermodynamic constraints associated with …

Aqueous microdroplets promote C–C bond formation and sequences in the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle

Y Ju, H Zhang, Y Jiang, W Wang, G Kan, K Yu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
The reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle (rTCA) is a central anabolic network that uses carbon
dioxide (CO2) and may have provided complex carbon substrates for life before the advent …

Molecular Insights into the Spontaneous Generation of Cl2O in the Reaction of ClONO2 and HOCl at the Air–Water Interface

Z Wan, C Zhu, JS Francisco - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chemical processes involving chlorine nitrate (ClONO2) at the surface of stratospheric
aerosols are crucial to ozone depletion. Herein, we show a reaction route for the formation of …

Fast Hydroxyl Radical Generation at the Air–Water Interface of Aerosols Mediated by Water-Soluble PM2.5 under Ultraviolet A Radiation

D Zhang, J Wang, H Chen, C Gong… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the adverse health effects and the role in the formation of secondary organic
aerosols, hydroxyl radical (OH) generation by atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM) has …

Spontaneous oxidation of thiols and thioether at the air–water interface of a sea spray microdroplet

Z Rao, X Li, YG Fang, JS Francisco… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The transport of dissolved organic sulfur, including thiols and thioethers, from the ocean
surface to the atmosphere through sea spray aerosol (SSA) is of great importance for the …

In situ analysis of the bulk and surface chemical compositions of organic aerosol particles

Y Qian, JB Brown, ZC Huang-Fu, T Zhang… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the chemical and physical properties of particles is an important scientific,
engineering, and medical issue that is crucial to air quality, human health, and …

Gas-liquid interfacial reaction mechanisms of typical small α-dicarbonyls in the neutral and acidic droplets: Implications for secondary organic aerosol formation

Q Shi, R Ma, Y Ji, W Zhang, Y Ji, T An - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Small α-dicarbonyls (SαDs) are well-known as the important precursors of secondary
organic aerosol (SOA). Hence, it is imperative to understand the atmospheric chemistry of …

Water microdroplets allow spontaneously abiotic production of peptides

W Wang, L Qiao, J He, Y Ju, K Yu, G Kan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The chemistry of abiotic synthesis of peptides in the context of their prebiotic origins is a
continuing challenge that arises from thermodynamic and kinetic constraints in aqueous …

Mechanistic insights into the reactive uptake of chlorine nitrate at the air–water interface

Z Wan, Y Fang, Z Liu, JS Francisco… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that the aqueous-phase processing of chlorine nitrate (ClONO2) plays a
crucial role in ozone depletion. However, many of the physical and chemical properties of …