Identification of the biogenic compounds responsible for size-dependent nanoparticle growth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Winkler, Paul M ^a,b   Ortega, John ^a   Karl, Thomas ^a   Cappellin, Luca ^c   Friedli, Hans R ^a   Barsanti, Kelley ^d   McMurry, Peter H ^e   Smith, James N ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIZATION OF GASES; OZONE; THERMAL DESORPTION; VAPORS;

A-PINENE; BIOGENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGENIC NANOPARTICLES; BIOGENIC PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COMPOSITION CHANGES; FLOW TUBE REACTOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC VAPORS; OZONOLYSIS; PARTICLE GROWTH RATES; PRESSURE INCREASE; SIZE RANGES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84868334645     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053253     Document Type: Article

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