Extremely rapid self-reaction of the simplest Criegee intermediate CH 2 OO and its implications in atmospheric chemistry

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-483

  Su, Yu Te ^a   Lin, Hui Yu ^a   Putikam, Raghunath ^a   Matsui, Hiroyuki ^a   Lin, M C ^a   Lee, Yuan Pern ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; FORMALDEHYDE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDES;

EID: 84901349870     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1890     Document Type: Article

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