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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Surprising Crystallinity of Biomass Burning Secondary Organic Aerosol from Catechol and Nitrate Radical Reactions: Evidence and Possible Implications.

Fabian Mahrt, Sepehr Nikkho, Julia Zaks, Gurcharan Uppal, Anita Lam, Markus Ammann, Allan K Bertram

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fabian MahrtDepartment of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7059-6765
Sepehr NikkhoDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6183-6889
Julia ZaksDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Gurcharan UppalDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Anita LamDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Markus AmmannPSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5922-9000
Allan K BertramDepartment of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5621-2323

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomass burning events, including wildfires, emit large amounts of phenolic compounds such as catechol. These compounds can react with nitrate radicals (NO

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BiomassCatecholsNitratesAerosolsAir PollutantsCrystallizationX-Ray DiffractionAerosolsAir PollutantscatecholCatecholsNitratesaerosol phase stateatmospheric chemistryatmospheric oxidationatmospheric simulation chambercrystalline organicorganic aerosolphenolic compoundswildfires

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PMID40758855
PMCPMC12369630

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