Glycine in aerosol water droplets: A critical assessment of Köhler theory by predicting surface tension from molecular dynamics simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 519-527

  Li, X ^a,c   Hede, T ^b   Tu, Y ^d   Leck, C ^b   Agren H ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID; CLOUD DROPLET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 78751504505     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-519-2011     Document Type: Article

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