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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12087-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12087-2025
Research article
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07 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2025

The effect of amino acids on the Fenton and photo-Fenton reactions in cloud water: unraveling the dual role of glutamic acid

Peng Cheng, Gilles Mailhot, Mohamed Sarakha, Guillaume Voyard, Daniele Scheres Firak, Thomas Schaefer, Hartmut Herrmann, and Marcello Brigante

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This study investigates the complexation of Fe(II) and Fe(III) with glutamic acid under cloud water conditions and the effect on Fenton and photo-Fenton reactions and hydroxyl radical formation and their impact on amino acid oxidation.
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