Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1307-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1307-2018
Research article
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31 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2018

Resolving nanoparticle growth mechanisms from size- and time-dependent growth rate analysis

Lukas Pichelstorfer, Dominik Stolzenburg, John Ortega, Thomas Karl, Harri Kokkola, Anton Laakso, Kari E. J. Lehtinen, James N. Smith, Peter H. McMurry, and Paul M. Winkler

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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.
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