Interactions of water with mineral dust aerosol: water adsorption, hygroscopicity, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation

M Tang, DJ Cziczo, VH Grassian - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mineral dust aerosol is one of the major types of aerosol present in the troposphere. The
molecular level interactions of water vapor with mineral dust are of global significance …

Probing the mineral–water interface with nonlinear optical spectroscopy

EHG Backus, J Schaefer, M Bonn - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between minerals and water is manifold and complex: the mineral surface
can be (de) protonated by water, thereby changing its charge; mineral ions dissolved into …

Confronting the challenge of modeling cloud and precipitation microphysics

H Morrison, M van Lier‐Walqui… - Journal of advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

The role of organic aerosol in atmospheric ice nucleation: A review

DA Knopf, PA Alpert, B Wang - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Predicting the formation of ice in the atmosphere presents one of the great challenges in
physical sciences with important implications for the chemistry and composition of the …

Ice nucleation efficiency of hydroxylated organic surfaces is controlled by their structural fluctuations and mismatch to ice

Y Qiu, N Odendahl, A Hudait, R Mason… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous nucleation of ice induced by organic materials is of fundamental importance
for climate, biology, and industry. Among organic ice-nucleating surfaces, monolayers of …

Heterogeneous ice nucleation on dust particles sourced from nine deserts worldwide–Part 1: Immersion freezing

Y Boose, A Welti, J Atkinson, F Ramelli… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Desert dust is one of the most abundant ice nucleating particle types in the atmosphere.
Traditionally, clay minerals were assumed to determine the ice nucleation ability of desert …

Clay mineral mediated dynamics of CO2 hydrate formation and dissociation: Experimental insights for carbon sequestration

M Niu, Y Yao, M Zi, P Dong, D Chen - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine sediment-based CO 2 sequestration through hydrate formation is a promising
approach for long-term CO 2 storage. Despite the prevalence of clay minerals in marine …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-ordering of interfacial water in the pathway of heterogeneous ice nucleation does not lead to a two-step crystallization mechanism

L Lupi, B Peters, V Molinero - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
According to Classical Nucleation Theory (CNT), the transition from liquid to crystal occurs in
a single activated step with a transition state controlled by the size of the crystal embryo. This …

Effect of surface energy on freezing temperature of water

Y Zhang, E Anim-Danso, S Bekele… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Previous studies have found that superhydrophobic surfaces are effective in delaying
freezing of water droplets. However, the freezing process of water droplets on …

Use of ion exchange to regulate the heterogeneous ice nucleation efficiency of mica

S Jin, Y Liu, M Deiseroth, J Liu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous ice nucleation (HIN) triggered by mineral surfaces typically exposed to
various ions can have a significant impact on the regional atmosphere and climate …