Molecular scale evidence of new particle formation via sequential addition of HIO3

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Sipilä, Mikko, Sarnela, Nina, Jokinen, Tuija, Henschel, Henning, Junninen, Heikki, Kontkanen, Jenni, Richters, Stefanie, Kangasluoma, Juha, Franchin, Alessandro, Peräkylä, Otso, Rissanen, Matti P., Ehn, Mikael, Vehkamäki, Hanna, Kurten, Theo, Berndt, Torsten, Petäjä, Tuukka, Worsnop, Douglas, Ceburnis, Darius, Kerminen, Veli-Matti, Kulmala, Markku, O’Dowd, Colin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Article; Greenland; Mace; Queen Maud Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136290/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27580030; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19314

Homogeneous nucleation and subsequent cluster growth leads to the formation of new aerosol particles in the atmosphere1. Nucleation of sulphuric acid and organic vapours is thought to be responsible for new particle formation over continents1,2 while iodine oxide vapours have been implicated in part...