Advances in Atmospheric Aqueous-Phase Chemistry
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 940
Special Issue Editors
Interests: secondary organic aerosol; aqueous phase formation; interfacial chemistry; in situ mass techniques
Interests: atmospheric chemistry laboratory simulation; secondary aerosol formation; air quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Secondary inorganic and organic aerosol formation in the aqueous phase is of primary importance in atmospheric chemistry. Inorganic aerosols have long been investigated via field measurement, laboratory experiments and modelling simulation. Conversely, organic aerosol formation via the aqueous phase, e.g., cloud, fog, or aerosol liquid water, is not as well understood. State-of-the-art models still fail to capture the observed high PM2.5 concentrations, indicating the missing key chemical understanding with regard to aqueous SOA formation. Many investigations have been conducted in laboratory conditions to explore the aqSOA formation mechanism due to the limit of technology in field measurement. To minimize the gap between measurement and simulation, we are in urgent need of a better understanding of aqSOA chemistry. Thus, we are launching this Special Issue of Atmosphere, entitled “Advances in Atmospheric Aqueous-Phase Chemistry”, to provide new insights into aqSOA chemistry. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Physicochemical properties of aqSOA, e.g., kinetics, chemical compositions, light properties, phase changes, viscosity, etc.;
- Heterogeneous formation mechanisms of aqSOA, e.g., fog, cloud, aerosol liquid water, etc.;
- Factors might affect the aqueous SOA formation, e.g., pH, RH, temperature, aerosol phase states, etc.;
- Contribution of aqSOA formation to PM5;
- Heterogeneous formation of inorganic aerosol under highly polluted conditions.
Dr. Fei Zhang
Dr. Xiao Sui
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aqueous-phase chemistry
- secondary organic aerosol
- aerosol liquid water
- physicochemical properties
- formation mechanisms
