Adsorption of organic molecules may explain growth of newly nucleated clusters and new particle formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2834-2838

  Wang, Jian ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

adsorption; initial particle growth; Kelvin effect; new particle formation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; KELVIN EFFECT; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATED CLUSTERS; PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUME; PARTICLE GROWTH; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

CONDENSATION; MOLECULES; VAPORS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDENSATION; NUCLEATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84879892356     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50455     Document Type: Article

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