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© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Nucleation and growth of sub-3 nm particles in the polluted urban atmosphere of a megacity in China
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing, China
Luyu Zhou
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Liang Dai
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Wenchao Shen
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Wei Dai
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Jun Zheng
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing, China
Yan Ma
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing, China
Mindong Chen
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing, China
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New particle formation is an important source of atmospheric aerosols. We conducted size- and time-dependent nucleation rate and growth rate measurements of sub-3 nm particles in the urban atmosphere. We observed that growth rate could be very high between 1 and 3 nm and did not increase monotonically with particle size. This was interpreted as the solvation effect of organic vapor in inorganic nuclei. The growth rate behavior gives new insight into cluster dynamics in polluted environments.
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