New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment

J Kirkby, A Amorim, U Baltensperger, KS Carslaw… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aerosol particles in the atmosphere profoundly influence public health and climate. Ultrafine
particles enter the body through the lungs and can translocate to essentially all organs, and …

The effect of acid–base clustering and ions on the growth of atmospheric nano-particles

K Lehtipalo, L Rondo, J Kontkanen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The growth of freshly formed aerosol particles can be the bottleneck in their survival to cloud
condensation nuclei. It is therefore crucial to understand how particles grow in the …

Reducing chemical complexity in representation of new-particle formation: evaluation of simplification approaches

T Olenius, R Bergström, J Kubečka, N Myllys… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Adequate representation of new-particle formation from vapors in aerosol microphysics and
atmospheric transport models is essential for providing reliable predictions of ambient …

Detection of dimethylamine in the low pptv range using nitrate chemical ionization atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight (CI-APi-TOF) mass spectrometry

M Simon, M Heinritzi, S Herzog… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
Amines are potentially important for atmospheric new particle formation, but their
concentrations are usually low with typical mixing ratios in the pptv range or even smaller …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement–model comparison of stabilized Criegee intermediate and highly oxygenated molecule production in the CLOUD chamber

N Sarnela, T Jokinen, J Duplissy, C Yan… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric oxidation is an important phenomenon which produces large quantities of low-
volatility compounds such as sulfuric acid and oxidized organic compounds. Such species …

Evidence of new particle formation within Etna and Stromboli volcanic plumes and its parameterization from airborne in situ measurements

M Sahyoun, E Freney, J Brito, J Duplissy… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanic emissions can significantly affect the Earth's radiation budget by emitting aerosol
particles and gas‐phase species that can result in the new particle formation (NPF). These …

Role of gas–molecular cluster–aerosol dynamics in atmospheric new-particle formation

T Olenius, P Roldin - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
New-particle formation from vapors through molecular cluster formation is a central process
affecting atmospheric aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei numbers, and a significant …

Thermodynamics of the formation of sulfuric acid dimers in the binary (H2SO4–H2O) and ternary (H2SO4–H2O–NH3) system

A Kürten, S Münch, L Rondo, F Bianchi… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Sulfuric acid is an important gas influencing atmospheric new particle formation (NPF). Both
the binary (H 2 SO 4–H 2 O) system and the ternary system involving ammonia (H 2 SO 4–H …

Modeling the thermodynamics and kinetics of sulfuric acid-dimethylamine-water nanoparticle growth in the CLOUD chamber

L Ahlm, T Yli-Juuti, S Schobesberger… - Aerosol Science and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Dimethylamine (DMA) has a stabilizing effect on sulfuric acid (SA) clusters, and the SA and
DMA molecules and clusters likely play important roles in both aerosol particle formation …