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ArticleNature communications2017

Complex three-dimensional self-assembly in proxies for atmospheric aerosols.

C Pfrang, K Rastogi, E R Cabrera-Martinez, A M Seddon, C Dicko, A Labrador, T S Plivelic, N Cowieson, A M Squires

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

C PfrangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, PO Box 224, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK. c.pfrang@reading.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-5281
K RastogiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, PO Box 224, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK.
E R Cabrera-MartinezDepartment of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, PO Box 224, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK.
A M SeddonH.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK.
C DickoPure and Applied Biochemistry, Chemical Center, University of Lund, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22241, Lund, Sweden.
A LabradorMAX IV Laboratory, University of Lund, PO Box 188, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
T S PlivelicMAX IV Laboratory, University of Lund, PO Box 188, 22100, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-3251
N CowiesonDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK.
A M SquiresDepartment of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, PO Box 224, Reading, RG6 6AD, UK. a.squires@bath.ac.uk.
University of Reading · GBMAX IV Laboratory · SEDiamond Light Source · GBLund University · SEUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Bristol · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerosols are significant to the Earth's climate, with nearly all atmospheric aerosols containing organic compounds that often contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts. However, the nature of how these compounds are arranged within an aerosol droplet remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that fatty acids in proxies for atmospheric aerosols self-assemble into highly ordered three-dimensional nanostructures that may have implications for environmentally important processes. Acoustically trapped droplets of oleic acid/sodium oleate mixtures in sodium chloride solution are analysed by simultaneous synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and Raman spectroscopy in a controlled gas-phase environment. We demonstrate that the droplets contained crystal-like lyotropic phases including hexagonal and cubic close-packed arrangements of spherical and cylindrical micelles, and stacks of bilayers, whose structures responded to atmospherically relevant humidity changes and chemical reactions. Further experiments show that self-assembly reduces the rate of the reaction of the fatty acid with ozone, and that lyotropic-phase formation also occurs in more complex mixtures more closely resembling compositions of atmospheric aerosols. We suggest that lyotropic-phase formation likely occurs in the atmosphere, with potential implications for radiative forcing, residence times and other aerosol characteristics.

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PMID29170428
PMCPMC5701067
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