Atmospheric nanoparticle growth

D Stolzenburg, R Cai, SM Blichner, J Kontkanen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
New particle formation of liquid or solid nanoparticles from gas-phase precursors is a
decisive process in Earth's atmosphere and is considered one of the largest uncertainties in …

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 …

A combined gas- and particle-phase analysis of highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) from -pinene ozonolysis

J Zhao, E Häkkinen, F Graeffe… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) are important for the formation of secondary
organic aerosol (SOA), which poses serious health risks and exerts great influence on …

Online detection of airborne nanoparticle composition with mass spectrometry: Recent advances, challenges, and opportunities

X Li, R Cai, J Hao, JN Smith, J Jiang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Airborne nanoparticles are receiving growing attention due to their impacts on human
health, air quality, and climate. Additionally, there are increasing applications of aerosol …

Composition of ultrafine particles in urban Beijing: Measurement using a thermal desorption chemical ionization mass spectrometer

X Li, Y Li, MJ Lawler, J Hao, JN Smith… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) dominate the particle number population in the urban atmosphere
and revealing their chemical composition is important. The thermal desorption chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition of nanoparticles from -pinene nucleation and the influence of isoprene and relative humidity at low temperature

L Caudillo, B Rörup, M Heinritzi, G Marie… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Biogenic organic precursors play an important role in atmospheric new particle formation
(NPF). One of the major precursor species is α-pinene, which upon oxidation can form a …

Molecular characterization of ultrafine particles using extractive electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry

M Surdu, V Pospisilova, M Xiao, M Wang… - Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Aerosol particles negatively affect human health while also having climatic relevance due to,
for example, their ability to act as cloud condensation nuclei. Ultrafine particles (diameter …

[HTML][HTML] High-frequency gaseous and particulate chemical characterization using extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (Dual-Phase-EESI-TOF)

CP Lee, M Surdu, DM Bell, J Dommen… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
To elucidate the sources and chemical reaction pathways of organic vapors and particulate
matter in the ambient atmosphere, real-time detection of both the gas and particle phase is …

Measurement of atmospheric nanoparticles: Bridging the gap between gas-phase molecules and larger particles

C Peng, C Deng, T Lei, J Zheng, J Zhao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nanoparticles are crucial components contributing to fine particulate matter (PM
2.5), and therefore have significant effects on visibility, climate, and human health. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of aerosol size and coating thickness on the molecular detection using extractive electrospray ionization

CP Lee, M Surdu, DM Bell… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
Extractive electrospray ionization (EESI) has been a well-known technique for high-
throughput online molecular characterization of chemical reaction products and …