Aerosol particles are important for our global climate, but the mechanisms and especially the
relative importance of various vapors for new particles formation (NPF) remain uncertain …

Atmospheric particles influence visibility, health and climate but the mechanisms of their
formation from initial clusters and their growth to detectable particles remain largely …

Oxalic acid and dimethylamine are the most common organic acid and base in the
atmosphere, and are recognized as significant precursor species in atmospheric new …

Understanding the properties of atmospheric particles made of several components is a very
challenging problem. In this paper, we perform quantum chemical calculations for small …

Amino acids are important components of atmospheric aerosols. Despite the diversity of
amino acids structures, however, the role of amino acids with additional non-characteristic …

Oxalic acid is one of the simplest naturally occurring dicarboxylic acids that is abundantly
found in the atmosphere, and it has several stable structural conformers. Hydrogen-bonded …

In this article we show how to calculate free energies for atmospherically relevant complexes
when multiple conformers and/or isomers are present. We explain why the thermal …

While new particle formation events have been observed worldwide, our fundamental
understanding of the precursors remains uncertain. It has been previously shown that small …

The influences of ammonia (NH3) on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from
ozonolysis of styrene have been investigated using chamber experiments and quantum …

Amides are ubiquitous in atmosphere. However, the role of amides in new particle formation
(NPF) is poorly understood. Herein, the interaction of urea and formamide with sulfuric acid …