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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2023

Phase State, Surface Tension, Water Activity, and Accommodation Coefficient of Water-Organic Clusters Near the Critical Size for Atmospheric New Particle Formation.

Xiaohan Li, Ian C Bourg

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Xiaohan LiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2370-576X
Ian C BourgDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5265-7229

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between water and organic molecules in sub-4 nm clusters play a significant role in the formation and growth of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles. However, a complete understanding of the relevant water microphysics has not yet been achieved due to challenges in the experimental characterization of soft nuclei. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to study the phase-mixing states, surface tension, water activity, and water accommodation coefficient of organic-water clusters representative of freshly nucleated SOA particles. Our results reveal large deviations from the behavior expected based on continuum theories. In particular, the phase-mixing state has a strong dependence on cluster size; surface tension displays a minimum at a specific organic-water mass ratio (

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WaterSurface TensionWettabilityWaterdicarboxylic acidhygroscopicitymass accommodation coefficientmolecular dynamics simulationsnew particle formationorganic aerosolwater microphysics

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PMID37607019
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