Analytical advances to study the air – water interfacial chemistry in the atmosphere

Fei Zhang; Xiao Ying Yu; Zhibin Wang

doi:10.1016/j.teac.2022.e00182

Analytical advances to study the air – water interfacial chemistry in the atmosphere

Fei Zhang
, Xiao Ying Yu
, Zhibin Wang

Advanced Nuclear Materials

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Abstract

Formation of aqueous secondary organic aerosol (aqSOA) at the air – liquid interface recently has attracted a lot of attention in atmospheric chemistry. The discrepancies in mass distributions, aerosol oxidative capacity, liquid water content, hygroscopic growth of aerosols, and formation of clouds and fogs suggest that interfacial chemistry play a more important role than previously deemed. However, detailed mechanisms at the air–water interface remain unclear owing to the lack of comprehensive understanding that underpins complicated interfacial phenomena, which are not easily measurable from field campaigns, laboratory measurements, or computational simulations. This review highlights relevant and recent technical advancement employed to study aqSOA encompassing spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The current knowledge on the aqSOA processes is digested with an emphasis on recent research of interfacial aqSOA formation including laboratory studies and model simulations. Finally, future directions of the interfacial chemistry are recommended for field and laboratory studies as well as theoretical efforts to resolve interfacial challenges in atmospheric chemistry.

Original language	English
Article number	e00182
Journal	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Volume	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teac.2022.e00182
State	Published - Dec 2022

Funding

F.Z. is grateful for the support from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Alternate Sponsored Fellowship. F. Z. and Z. B. W. thank the College of Environmental and Resources of Zhejiang University. Z. B. W. is grateful for the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (91844301, 41805100). F. Z. thanks the State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex for the program with Contract No. CX2020080581. The manuscript preparation for X.-Y. Y. was supported by the strategic Laboratory Directed Research and Development of the Physical Sciences Directorate of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) under contract number DE-AC05–00OR22725. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05–00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). F.Z. is grateful for the support from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Alternate Sponsored Fellowship. F. Z. and Z. B. W. thank the College of Environmental and Resources of Zhejiang University . Z. B. W. is grateful for the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ( 91844301 , 41805100 ). F. Z. thanks the State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex for the program with Contract No. CX2020080581 . The manuscript preparation for X.-Y. Y. was supported by the strategic Laboratory Directed Research and Development of the Physical Sciences Directorate of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) under contract number DE-AC05–00OR22725 . This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05–00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy . The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ).

Keywords

Air – water interface
AqSOA formation
Mass spectrometry
Reaction mechanism
Simulations
Spectroscopy

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