Formation of nanoparticles of blue haze enhanced by anthropogenic pollution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 17650-17654

  Zhang, Renyi ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Khalizov, Alexei F ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   McGraw, Robert L ^b   Molina, Luisa T ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Biogenic; Climate; Forest; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE; PLASMON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POWER PLANTS; SULFURIC ACIDS; TREES;

EID: 70449568307     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910125106     Document Type: Article

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