Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1075-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1075-2020
Research article
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27 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2020

Cloud history can change water–ice–surface interactions of oxide mineral aerosols: a case study on silica

Ahmed Abdelmonem, Sanduni Ratnayake, Jonathan D. Toner, and Johannes Lützenkirchen

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Abdelmonem, A., Backus, E. H. G., and Bonn, M.: Ice Nucleation at the Water–Sapphire Interface: Transient Sum-Frequency Response without Evidence for Transient Ice Phase, J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 24760–24764, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07480, 2018. 
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We address, on the molecular level, the potential for, and consequences of, surface property variations in aerosol particles in the atmosphere. Aerosol surface aging changes the interfacial chemistry, giving rise to marked variations in the ice nucleation ability of the surface. This study provides new insights into atmospheric processes, particularly cloud formation and aerosol aging in the atmosphere, with potential implications for the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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