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An interfacial mechanism for cloud droplet formation on organic aerosols by Ruehl, Christopher R., Davies, James F., Wilson, Kevin R.

“…Accurate predictions of aerosol/cloud interactions require simple, physically accurate parameterizations of the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity of…”
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Raman Spectroscopy of Isotopic Water Diffusion in Ultraviscous, Glassy, and Gel States in Aerosol by Use of Optical Tweezers by Davies, James F, Wilson, Kevin R

“…The formation of ultraviscous, glassy, and amorphous gel states in aqueous aerosol following the loss of water results in nonequilibrium dynamics due to the…”
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Connecting the Elementary Reaction Pathways of Criegee Intermediates to the Chemical Erosion of Squalene Interfaces during Ozonolysis by Heine, Nadja, Houle, Frances A, Wilson, Kevin R

“…Criegee intermediates (CI), formed in alkene ozonolysis, are central for controlling the multiphase chemistry of organic molecules in both indoor and outdoor…”
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A critical analysis of electrospray techniques for the determination of accelerated rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions in droplets by Rovelli, Grazia, Jacobs, Michael I, Willis, Megan D, Rapf, Rebecca J, Prophet, Alexander M, Wilson, Kevin R

“…Electrospray and Electrosonic Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS and ESSI-MS) have been widely used to report evidence that many chemical reactions in…”
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Nanoscale interfacial gradients formed by the reactive uptake of OH radicals onto viscous aerosol surfaces by Davies, James F, Wilson, Kevin R

“…A key but poorly understood chemical process is how gas phase uptake is governed by the relative mobility of molecules at an interface of an atmospheric…”
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Heterogeneous Oxidation of Atmospheric Organic Aerosol: Kinetics of Changes to the Amount and Oxidation State of Particle-Phase Organic Carbon by Kroll, Jesse H, Lim, Christopher Y, Kessler, Sean H, Wilson, Kevin R

“…Atmospheric oxidation reactions are known to affect the chemical composition of organic aerosol (OA) particles over timescales of several days, but the details…”
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A kinetic description of how interfaces accelerate reactions in micro-compartments by Wilson, Kevin R, Prophet, Alexander M, Rovelli, Grazia, Willis, Megan D, Rapf, Rebecca J, Jacobs, Michael I

“…A kinetic expression is derived to explain how interfaces alter bulk chemical equilibria and accelerate reactions in micro-compartments. This description,…”
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Elucidating secondary organic aerosol from diesel and gasoline vehicles through detailed characterization of organic carbon emissions by Gentner, Drew R, Isaacman, Gabriel, Worton, David R, Chan, Arthur W. H, Dallmann, Timothy R, Davis, Laura, Liu, Shang, Day, Douglas A, Russell, Lynn M, Wilson, Kevin R, Weber, Robin, Guha, Abhinav, Harley, Robert A, Goldstein, Allen H

“…Emissions from gasoline and diesel vehicles are predominant anthropogenic sources of reactive gas-phase organic carbon and key precursors to secondary organic…”
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Predicting Aerosol Reactivity Across Scales: from the Laboratory to the Atmosphere by Houle, Frances A, Wiegel, Aaron A, Wilson, Kevin R

“…To fully utilize the results of laboratory-based studies of the chemistry of model atmospheric aerosol reactions, it is important to understand how to relate…”
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Exploring Chemistry in Microcompartments Using Guided Droplet Collisions in a Branched Quadrupole Trap Coupled to a Single Droplet, Paper Spray Mass Spectrometer by Jacobs, Michael I, Davies, James F, Lee, Lance, Davis, Ryan D, Houle, Frances, Wilson, Kevin R

“…Recent studies suggest that reactions in aqueous microcompartments can occur at significantly different rates than those in the bulk. Most studies have used…”
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Technical note: The role of evolving surface tension in the formation of cloud droplets by Davies, James F, Zuend, Andreas, Wilson, Kevin R

“…The role of surface tension (σ) in cloud droplet activation has long been ambiguous. Recent studies have reported observations attributed to the effects of an…”
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Carbon oxidation state as a metric for describing the chemistry of atmospheric organic aerosol by Kroll, Jesse H., Donahue, Neil M., Jimenez, Jose L., Kessler, Sean H., Canagaratna, Manjula R., Wilson, Kevin R., Altieri, Katye E., Mazzoleni, Lynn R., Wozniak, Andrew S., Bluhm, Hendrik, Mysak, Erin R., Smith, Jared D., Kolb, Charles E., Worsnop, Douglas R.

“…A detailed understanding of the sources, transformations and fates of organic species in the environment is crucial because of the central roles that they play…”
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Surface Organic Monolayers Control the Hygroscopic Growth of Submicrometer Particles at High Relative Humidity by Ruehl, Christopher R, Wilson, Kevin R

“…Although many organic molecules commonly found in the atmosphere are known to be surface-active in macroscopic aqueous solutions, the impact of surface…”
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Studying Chemistry in Micro-compartments by Separating Droplet Generation from Ionization by Jacobs, Michael I., Davis, Ryan D., Rapf, Rebecca J., Wilson, Kevin R.

“…Recent studies show that reactions inside micron-sized compartments (e.g., droplets, emulsions) can proceed at significantly accelerated rates and with…”
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Changes in Reactivity as Chemistry Becomes Confined to an Interface. The Case of Free Radical Oxidation of C30H62 Alkane by OH by Houle, Frances A, Wiegel, Aaron A, Wilson, Kevin R

“…We examine in a simple organic aerosol the transition between heterogeneous chemistry under well-mixed conditions to chemistry under interfacial confinement. A…”
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Colliding-Droplet Microreactor: Rapid On-Demand Inertial Mixing and Metal-Catalyzed Aqueous Phase Oxidation Processes by Davis, Ryan D, Jacobs, Michael I, Houle, Frances A, Wilson, Kevin R

“…In-depth investigations of the kinetics of aqueous chemistry occurring in microdroplet environments require experimental techniques that allow a reaction to be…”
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Lubricating Oil Dominates Primary Organic Aerosol Emissions from Motor Vehicles by Worton, David R, Isaacman, Gabriel, Gentner, Drew R, Dallmann, Timothy R, Chan, Arthur W. H, Ruehl, Christopher, Kirchstetter, Thomas W, Wilson, Kevin R, Harley, Robert A, Goldstein, Allen H

“…Motor vehicles are major sources of primary organic aerosol (POA), which is a mixture of a large number of organic compounds that have not been comprehensively…”
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The effect of well-characterized, very low-dose x-ray radiation on fibroblasts by Truong, Katelyn, Bradley, Suzanne, Baginski, Bryana, Wilson, Joseph R, Medlin, Donald, Zheng, Leon, Wilson, R Kevin, Rusin, Matthew, Takacs, Endre, Dean, Delphine

“…The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of low-dose radiation on fibroblast cells irradiated by spectrally and dosimetrically well-characterized…”
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Measurement of fragmentation and functionalization pathways in the heterogeneous oxidation of oxidized organic aerosol by Kroll, Jesse H, Smith, Jared D, Che, Dung L, Kessler, Sean H, Worsnop, Douglas R, Wilson, Kevin R

“…The competition between the addition of polar, oxygen-containing functional groups (functionalization) and the cleavage of C-C bonds (fragmentation) has a…”
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Heating-Induced Evaporation of Nine Different Secondary Organic Aerosol Types by Kolesar, Katheryn R, Li, Ziyue, Wilson, Kevin R, Cappa, Christopher D

“…The volatility of the compounds comprising organic aerosol (OA) determines their distribution between the gas and particle phases. However, there is a…”
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