Critical Review
Applications of the octanol–air partitioning ratio: a critical review
Although prediction methods exist for the partitioning between air and various environmental and biological phases, that do not depend on octanol, the KOA still serves a role as a single parameter quantifying compound volatility from different phases.
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Aircraft measurements of single particle size and composition reveal aerosol size and mixing state dictate their activation into cloud droplets
Activated cloud droplet fraction versus the below-cloud aerosol hygroscopicity for spring and summer campaigns.
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Heterogeneous chemistry of methyl ethyl ketone on mineral oxide surfaces: impacts of relative humidity and nitrogen dioxide on product formation
Heterogeneous reactions of methyl ethyl ketone on mineral oxide particle surfaces in the presence of relative humidity and nitrogen dioxide can yield a number of different compounds including oligomers and oxidized products that strongly adsorb onto the particle surface.
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Night-time oxidation at the air–water interface: co-surfactant effects in binary mixtures
The ageing of organic-coated aqueous aerosols at night is investigated by reacting NO3 with binary surfactant mixtures floating on water.
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Orcinol and resorcinol induce local ordering of water molecules near the liquid–vapor interface
Resorcinol and orcinol are surface active in aqueous solution, self-aggregate into islands and induce tetrahedral ordering in nearby water. This may be relevant for ice nucleation promoted by phenolic species in the atmosphere.
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Measurement of gas-phase OH radical oxidation and film thickness of organic films at the air–water interface using material extracted from urban, remote and wood smoke aerosol
The presence of an organic film on a cloud droplet or aqueous aerosol particle has the potential to alter the chemical, optical and physical properties of the droplet or particle.
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The surface composition of amino acid – halide salt solutions is pH-dependent
In atmospheric aerosol particles, the chemical surface composition governs both heterogenous chemical reactions with gas-phase species and the ability to act as nuclei for cloud droplets. We explore the impact of the pH-changes on such surfaces.
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Tropical cyclone-induced cold wakes in the northeast Indian Ocean
The physical processes during cyclone passage over the ocean. Air–sea interactions.
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Photo-enhanced uptake of SO2 on Icelandic volcanic dusts
Laboratory study evaluating the impact of relative humidity and simulated sunlight radiation on SO2 uptake on natural volcanic particles.
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Surface solvation of Martian salt analogues at low relative humidities
Salt aerosols play important roles in many processes related to atmospheric chemistry and the climate systems on both Earth and Mars.
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Chemical functionality at the liquid surface of pure unsaturated fatty acids
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Molecular dynamics reveals the surface preference of functional groups at the liquid surface of fatty acids is unlike the bulk. Methyl groups disproportionally dominate while acid groups have minimal presence, CC increases linearly only up to n = 3.
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