Can Highly Oxidized Organics Contribute to Atmospheric New Particle Formation?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1452-1458

  Ortega, Ismael K ^a,d   Donahue, Neil M ^b   Kurtén, Theo ^c   Kulmala, Markku ^c   Focsa, Cristian ^a   Vehkamäki, Hanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROGEN BONDS; OLIGOMERS; OXIDATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SULFURIC ACID;

EVAPORATION RATE; HETERODIMERS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; ORGANIC MOLECULES; ORGANICS; OXYGEN-TO-CARBON RATIO; STABLE TRIMERS; TETRAMERS;

DIMERS;

EID: 84960461330     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07427     Document Type: Article

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