The effect of acid-base clustering and ions on the growth of atmospheric nano-particles

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lehtipalo, Katrianne ^a,b   Rondo, Linda ^c   Kontkanen, Jenni ^a   Schobesberger, Siegfried ^a,r   Jokinen, Tuija ^a   Sarnela, Nina ^a   Kürten, Andreas ^c   Ehrhart, Sebastian ^c,d   Franchin, Alessandro ^a   Nieminen, Tuomo ^a   Riccobono, Francesco ^b,s   Sipilä, Mikko ^a   Yli Juuti, Taina ^a,e   Duplissy, Jonathan ^a,d   Adamov, Alexey ^a   Ahlm, Lars ^f   Almeida, João ^d,g   Amorim, Antonio ^b,h   Bianchi, Federico ⁱ   Breitenlechner, Martin ^b   Dommen, Josef ^j   Downard, Andrew J ^k,l   Dunne, Eimear M ^j   Flagan, Richard C ^g   Guida, Roberto ^a   Hakala, Jani ^a   Hansel, Armin ^i,m   Jud, Werner ⁱ   Kangasluoma, Juha ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Keskinen, Helmi ^e,l,t   Kim, Jaeseok ^a,e,o   Kirkby, Jasper ^c   Kupc, Agnieszka ^d,u   Kupiainen Määttä, Oona ^d   Laaksonen, Ari ^d   Lawler, Michael J ^a,f   Leiminger, Markus ^a   Mathot, Serge ^d   Olenius, Tinja ^a   Ortega, Ismael K ^a   Onnela, Antti ^d   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a   Praplan, Arnaud ^a,b   Rissanen, Matti P ^a   Ruuskanen, Taina ^a,v   Santos, Filipe D ^g   Schallhart, Simon ^a   Schnitzhofer, Ralf ⁱ   Simon, Mario ^c   Smith, James N ^e,o   Tröstl, Jasmin ^b   Tsagkogeorgas, Georgios ^p   Tomé, António ^g   Vaattovaara, Petri ^e   Vehkamäki, Hanna ^a   Vrtala, Aron E ^n,v   Wagner, Paul E ⁿ   Williamson, Christina ^c,w   Wimmer, Daniela ^l   Winkler, Paul M ⁿ   Virtanen, Annele ^e,x   Donahue, Neil M ^q   Carslaw, Kenneth S ^k   Baltensperger, Urs ^b   Riipinen, Ilona ^f   Curtius, Joachim ^c   Worsnop, Douglas R ^a,e,l,r   Kulmala, Markku ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^h ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^j California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^l FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^q CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^t JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^u Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^v ONERA   (France)

^w UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^x NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; BASE; DIMETHYLAMINE; ION; NANOPARTICLE; SULFURIC ACID; WATER;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOPARTICLE; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; GROWTH RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; VAPOR;

EID: 84966707082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11594     Document Type: Article

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