Interaction of aerosol particles composed of protein and salts with water vapor: Hygroscopic growth and microstructural rearrangement

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 323-350

  Mikhailov, E ^a,b   Vlasenko, S ^b   Niessner, R ^a   Poschl U ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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