Investigation of biofuel as a potential renewable energy source

MAH Khan, S Bonifacio, J Clowes, A Foulds, R Holland… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
An accelerating global energy demand, paired with the harmful environmental effects of
fossil fuels, has triggered the search for alternative, renewable energy sources. Biofuels are …

Atmospheric clusters to nanoparticles: Recent progress and challenges in closing the gap in chemical composition

JN Smith, DC Draper, S Chee, M Dam, H Glicker… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aerosol nanoclusters (AN), defined here as molecular aggregates suspended in a gas with
dimensions between 2 and 10 nm, are the link between substances that we think of as …

Oxygenated aromatic compounds are important precursors of secondary organic aerosol in biomass-burning emissions

A Akherati, Y He, MM Coggon, AR Koss… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning is the largest combustion-related source of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) to the atmosphere. We describe the development of a state-of-the-science model to …

Formation of secondary organic aerosol from wildfire emissions enhanced by long-time ageing

Y He, B Zhao, S Wang, R Valorso, X Chang, D Yin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Wildfire smoke, consisting primarily of organic aerosols, has profound impacts on air quality,
climate and human health. Wildfire organic aerosol evolves over long-time photochemical …

Effect of relative humidity on SOA formation from aromatic hydrocarbons: Implications from the evolution of gas-and particle-phase species

T Chen, B Chu, Q Ma, P Zhang, J Liu, H He - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Relative humidity (RH) plays a significant role in secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
formation, but the mechanisms remain uncertain. Using a 30 m 3 indoor smog chamber, the …

Heterogeneous nucleation drives particle size segregation in sequential ozone and nitrate radical oxidation of catechol

LA Garofalo, Y He, SH Jathar, JR Pierce… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol formation via condensation of organic vapors onto existing
aerosol transforms the chemical composition and size distribution of ambient aerosol, with …

Vapors are lost to walls, not to particles on the wall: artifact-corrected parameters from chamber experiments and implications for global secondary organic aerosol

KR Bilsback, Y He, CD Cappa… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric models of secondary organic aerosol (OA)(SOA) typically rely on parameters
derived from environmental chambers. Chambers are subject to experimental artifacts …

Always lost but never forgotten: Gas-phase wall losses are important in all teflon environmental chambers

JE Krechmer, DA Day, JL Jimenez - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Yields of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from oxidation of volatile organic
compounds are measured in laboratory chambers and then applied in regional and global …

Process-level modeling can simultaneously explain secondary organic aerosol evolution in chambers and flow reactors

Y He, AT Lambe, JH Seinfeld, CD Cappa… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) data gathered in environmental chambers (ECs) have
been used extensively to develop parameters to represent SOA formation and evolution …

Fostering a Holistic Understanding of the Full Volatility Spectrum of Organic Compounds from Benzene Series Precursors through Mechanistic Modeling

D Yin, B Zhao, S Wang, NM Donahue… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A comprehensive understanding of the full volatility spectrum of organic oxidation products
from the benzene series precursors is important to quantify the air quality and climate effects …