Organic component vapor pressures and hygroscopicities of aqueous aerosol measured by optical tweezers

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 704-718

  Cai, Chen ^a,b   Stewart, David J ^b   Reid, Jonathan P ^b   Zhang, Yun Hong ^a   Ohm, Peter ^c   Dutcher, Cari S ^c   Clegg, Simon L ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DROPS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; MOLAR REFRACTIONS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC TREATMENT;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84921914197     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510525r     Document Type: Article

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