Energetics of atmospherically implicated clusters made of sulfuric acid, ammonia, and dimethyl amine

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3819-3825

  Leverentz, Hannah R ^a   Siepmann, J Ilja ^a   Truhlar, Donald G ^a   Loukonen, Ville ^b   Vehkamäki, Hanna ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; GAINING INSIGHTS; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SMALL CLUSTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SULFURIC ACID;

AMMONIA;

EID: 84877699712     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402346u     Document Type: Article

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