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 …

A molecular picture of surface interactions of organic compounds on prevalent indoor surfaces: limonene adsorption on SiO 2

Y Fang, PSJ Lakey, S Riahi, AT McDonald… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Indoor surfaces are often coated with organic compounds yet a molecular understanding of
what drives these interactions is poorly understood. Herein, the adsorption and desorption of …

Cloud activation potentials for atmospheric α-pinene and β-caryophyllene ozonolysis products

A Gray Bé, MA Upshur, P Liu, ST Martin… - ACS central …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The formation of atmospheric cloud droplets due to secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
particles is important for quantifying the Earth's radiative balance under future, possibly …

Intermolecular interactions at the silica–liquid interface modulate the fermi resonance coupling in surface methanol

TT Bui, LA Colón, L Velarde - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The buried solid/liquid interface between hydrophilic fused silica and binary solvent mixtures
of acetonitrile (MeCN) and methanol (MeOH) was studied with vibrational sum-frequency …

Binding and Orientation of Carbamate Pesticides on Silica Surfaces

L Bromley III, PE Videla… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbaryl (1-naphthyl-N-methyl carbamate) is one of the most abundantly used carbamate
pesticides and a common ground and surface water contaminant. Despite this, there is a …

Heterogeneous Interactions between Carvone and Hydroxylated SiO2

H Fan, ES Frank, PSJ Lakey, M Shiraiwa… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oxygenated semivolatile organic compounds are present in indoor air due to the oxidation
of monoterpenes and other hydrocarbons. The partitioning of these compounds to indoor …

Monoterpene synthases responsible for the terpene profile of anther glands in Eucalyptus polybractea RT Baker (Myrtaceae)

JQD Goodger, D Sargent, J Humphries… - Tree …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Research on terpene biosynthesis in the genus Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) is poorly developed,
but recently large numbers of terpene synthase (TPS) genes have been identified. Few of …

Unanticipated hydrophobicity increases of squalene and human skin oil films upon ozone exposure

JL Butman, RJ Thomson, FM Geiger - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The C–H and O–H oscillators on the surfaces of thin films of human-derived skin oil and
squalene are probed under ambient conditions (300 K, 1 atm total pressure, 40% RH) using …

Adsorption of constitutional isomers of cyclic monoterpenes on hydroxylated silica surfaces

L Huang, ES Frank, S Riahi, DJ Tobias… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a study of four monoterpene isomers (limonene, γ-terpinene, terpinolene, and α-
pinene) that are prevalent in indoor environments and their interaction with the hydroxylated …

Synthesis and surface spectroscopy of α-pinene isotopologues and their corresponding secondary organic material

MA Upshur, MM Vega, AG Bé, HM Chase, Y Zhang… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric aerosol–cloud interactions remain among the least understood processes
within the climate system, leaving large uncertainties in the prediction of future climates. In …