Measuring the surface tension of atmospheric particles and relevant mixtures to better understand key atmospheric processes

M El Haber, V Gérard, J Kleinheins… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aerosol and aqueous particles are ubiquitous in Earth's atmosphere and play key roles in
geochemical processes such as natural chemical cycles, cloud and fog formation, air …

Caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide: A variety of chemical transformations and biological activities

YV Gyrdymova, SA Rubtsova - Chemical Papers, 2022 - Springer
Natural sesquiterpenoids caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide are important resources
for organic and medicinal chemistry. Due to their peculiar structure, these sesquiterpenoids …

Resolving the mechanisms of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nuclei activity for organic particulate matter

P Liu, M Song, T Zhao, SS Gunthe, S Ham, Y He… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nuclei activation are key processes for
accurately modeling the climate impacts of organic particulate matter. Nevertheless, the …

Observations of sesquiterpenes and their oxidation products in central Amazonia during the wet and dry seasons

LD Yee, G Isaacman-VanWertz… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from the Amazon forest region represent the
largest source of organic carbon emissions to the atmosphere globally. These BVOC …

Establishing the impact of model surfactants on cloud condensation nuclei activity of sea spray aerosol mimics

SD Forestieri, SM Staudt, TM Kuborn… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Surface-active compounds present in aerosols can increase their cloud condensation nuclei
(CCN) activation efficiency by reducing the surface tension (σ) in the growing droplets …

Recent advances in experimental techniques for investigating aerosol surface tension

A Bain - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The small size and contactless environment of aerosol droplets results in unique surface
compositions compared to macroscopic solutions. The large surface-area-to-volume ratio …

The effects of morphology, mobility size, and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material coating on the ice nucleation activity of black carbon in the cirrus regime

C Zhang, Y Zhang, MJ Wolf, L Nichman… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
There is evidence that black carbon (BC) particles may affect cirrus formation and, hence,
global climate by acting as potential ice nucleating particles (INPs) in the troposphere …

[HTML][HTML] Sesquiterpenes and oxygenated sesquiterpenes dominate the VOC (C–C) emissions of downy birches

H Hellén, AP Praplan, T Tykkä, A Helin… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) emitted by the forests are known to have
strong impacts in the atmosphere. However, lots of missing reactivity is found, especially in …

Challenges and opportunities in molecular-level indoor surface chemistry and physics

Y Liu, AG Bé, VW Or, MR Alves, VH Grassian… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2020 - cell.com
The high surface-to-volume ratio that is typical indoors makes surface chemistry and physics
particularly important to the study of air quality in these environments. However, surface …

Absolute optical chiral analysis using cavity-enhanced polarimetry

L Bougas, J Byron, D Budker, J Williams - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Chiral analysis is central for scientific advancement in the fields of chemistry, biology, and
medicine. It is also indispensable in the development and quality control of chiral …