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Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid
Dominik Stolzenburg
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Mario Simon
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Ananth Ranjithkumar
                                            School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
                                        
                                    Andreas Kürten
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Katrianne Lehtipalo
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    
                                            Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Hamish Gordon
                                            School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
                                        
                                    Sebastian Ehrhart
                                            Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
                                        
                                    Henning Finkenzeller
                                            Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
                                        
                                    Lukas Pichelstorfer
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Tuomo Nieminen
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Xu-Cheng He
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Sophia Brilke
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    Mao Xiao
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    António Amorim
                                            Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
                                        
                                    Rima Baalbaki
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Andrea Baccarini
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Lisa Beck
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Steffen Bräkling
                                            Tofwerk AG, 3600 Thun, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Lucía Caudillo Murillo
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Dexian Chen
                                            Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Lubna Dada
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    António Dias
                                            Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
                                        
                                    Josef Dommen
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Jonathan Duplissy
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Imad El Haddad
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Lukas Fischer
                                            Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    Loic Gonzalez Carracedo
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    Martin Heinritzi
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Changhyuk Kim
                                            Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
                                        
                                    
                                            School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University,
Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
                                        
                                    Theodore K. Koenig
                                            Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
                                        
                                    Weimeng Kong
                                            Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
                                        
                                    Houssni Lamkaddam
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Chuan Ping Lee
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Markus Leiminger
                                            Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70211
Kuopio, Finland
                                        
                                    Vladimir Makhmutov
                                            P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
                                        
                                    Hanna E. Manninen
                                            CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Guillaume Marie
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Ruby Marten
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Tatjana Müller
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth
System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023
Nanjing, China
                                        
                                    Eva Partoll
                                            Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    Tuukka Petäjä
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Joschka Pfeifer
                                            CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Maxim Philippov
                                            P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
                                        
                                    Matti P. Rissanen
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    
                                            Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, 33101 Tampere,
Finland
                                        
                                    Birte Rörup
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Siegfried Schobesberger
                                            Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70211
Kuopio, Finland
                                        
                                    Simone Schuchmann
                                            CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Jiali Shen
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Mikko Sipilä
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Gerhard Steiner
                                            Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    Yuri Stozhkov
                                            P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
119991 Moscow, Russia
                                        
                                    Christian Tauber
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    Yee Jun Tham
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    António Tomé
                                            Institute Infante Dom Luíz, University of Beira Interior,
6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal
                                        
                                    Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    Andrea C. Wagner
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
                                        
                                    Mingyi Wang
                                            Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
                                        
                                    Yonghong Wang
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Stefan K. Weber
                                            CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
                                        
                                    Daniela Wimmer
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Peter J. Wlasits
                                            Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
                                        
                                    Yusheng Wu
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    
                                            Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
                                        
                                    Marcel Zauner-Wieczorek
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Urs Baltensperger
                                            Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
                                        
                                    Kenneth S. Carslaw
                                            School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
                                        
                                    Joachim Curtius
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
                                        
                                    Neil M. Donahue
                                            Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
                                        
                                    Richard C. Flagan
                                            Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
                                        
                                    Armin Hansel
                                            Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    
                                            Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
                                        
                                    Markku Kulmala
                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics,
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
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                                            Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry,
55128 Mainz, Germany
                                        
                                    Rainer Volkamer
                                            Department of Chemistry and Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309,
USA
                                        
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                                            Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe
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                                            CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva,
Switzerland
                                        
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                    Sulfuric acid is a major atmospheric vapour for aerosol formation. If new particles grow fast enough, they can act as cloud droplet seeds or affect air quality. In a controlled laboratory set-up, we demonstrate that van der Waals forces enhance growth from sulfuric acid. We disentangle the effects of ammonia, ions and particle hydration, presenting a complete picture of sulfuric acid growth from molecular clusters onwards. In a climate model, we show its influence on the global aerosol budget.
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