Articles | Volume 13, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6523-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6523-2013
Research article
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09 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2013

Growth of atmospheric nano-particles by heterogeneous nucleation of organic vapor

J. Wang, R. L. McGraw, and C. Kuang

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