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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2639-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2639-2024
Research article
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29 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 29 Feb 2024

Molecular analysis of secondary organic aerosol and brown carbon from the oxidation of indole

Feng Jiang, Kyla Siemens, Claudia Linke, Yanxia Li, Yiwei Gong, Thomas Leisner, Alexander Laskin, and Harald Saathoff

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We investigated the optical properties, chemical composition, and formation mechanisms of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and brown carbon (BrC) from the oxidation of indole with and without NO2 in the Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere (AIDA) simulation chamber. This work is one of the very few to link the optical properties and chemical composition of indole SOA with and without NO2 by simulation chamber experiments.
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