Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1307-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1307-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Resolving nanoparticle growth mechanisms from size- and time-dependent growth rate analysis
Lukas Pichelstorfer
Division of Physics and Biophysics, Department of Materials Research and Physics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Dominik Stolzenburg
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
John Ortega
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Thomas Karl
Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Harri Kokkola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of
Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Anton Laakso
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of
Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Kari E. J. Lehtinen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric Research Centre of
Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
James N. Smith
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Peter H. McMurry
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Paul M. Winkler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Data sets
Resolving nanoparticle growth mechanisms from size- and time-dependent growth rate analysis D. Stolzenburg https://doi.org/10.25365/PHAIDRA.11
Short summary
Quantification of new particle formation as a source of atmospheric aerosol is clearly of importance for climate and health aspects. In our new study we developed two analysis methods that allow retrieval of nanoparticle growth dynamics at much higher precision than it was possible so far. Our results clearly demonstrate that growth rates show much more variation than is currently known and suggest that the Kelvin effect governs growth in the sub-10 nm size range.
Quantification of new particle formation as a source of atmospheric aerosol is clearly of...
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