Aerosol microdroplets exhibit a stable pH gradient

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 28, 2018, Pages 7272-7277

  Wei, Haoran ^a,b,c   Vejerano, Eric P ^a,b,c,d   Leng, Weinan ^a,b,c   Huang, Qishen ^a,b,c   Willner, Marjorie R ^a,b,c   Marr, Linsey C ^a,b,c   Vikesland, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Droplet; Interfac; PH; SERS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOTHIOPHENOL; 4 MERCAPTOBENZOIC ACID; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID; DIMERCAPTOAZOBENZENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; 4-MERCAPTOBENZOATE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRODROPLET; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLUME; CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOLS; BENZOATES; CATALYSIS; GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85049629253     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720488115     Document Type: Article

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