Research

Sources and Properties of Organic Aerosol Material

Sponsored by: NSF, Columbia RISE, NASA Tropospheric Chemistry program, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Atmospheric aerosols contain 10-90% organic material. Organic aerosol material (OA) can affect the climate properties and heterogeneous chemistry of the particle. We probe the sources of OA and how OA affects aerosol properties via laboratory and modeling studies.

For more information on our modeling efforts, see: Modeling Aqueous Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation: GAMMA, simpleGAMMA, and properties modules.

Publications on this topic:

“Observation of Organic Molecules at the Aerosol Surface” Y. Wu, W. Li, B. Xu, X. Li, H. Wang, V. F McNeill, Y. Rao, and H.-L. Dai. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Just Accepted Manuscript, doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00872 (2016). link to paper

“Volatility of Methylglyoxal Cloud SOA Formed through OH Radical Oxidation and Droplet Evaporation” D.L. Ortiz-Montalvo, A.N. Schwier, Y.B. Lim, V.F. McNeill, B.J.Turpin, Atmos. Environ. 130,145-152 (2016). link to paper

“Aqueous-phase mechanism for secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene: application to the southeast United States and co-benefit of SO2 emission controls” E.A. Marais, D. J. Jacob, J. L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, D. A. Day, W. Hu, J. Krechmer, L. Zhu, P.S. Kim, C.C. Miller, J.A. Fisher, K. Travis, K. Yu, T.F. Hanisco, G.M.Wolfe, H. L. Arkinson, H. O. T. Pye, K. D. Froyd, J. Liao, and V.F. McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1603-1618 (2016) link to paper

“Examining the effects of anthropogenic emissions on isoprene-derived secondary organic aerosol formation during the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) at the Look Rock, Tennessee, ground site” S.H. Budisulistiorini, X. Li, S.T. Bairai, J. Renfro, Y. Liu, Y.J. Liu, K.A. McKinney, S.T. Martin, V.F. McNeill, H.O.T. Pye, A. Nenes, M.E. Neff, E.A. Stone, S. Mueller, C. Knote, S.L. Shaw, Z. Zhang, A. Gold, and J.D. Surratt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 8871-8888 (2015) link to paper

“Aqueous Organic Chemistry in the Atmosphere: Sources and Chemical Processing of Organic Aerosols” (Feature) V.F. McNeill, Environ. Sci. Technol.  49 (3) 1237-1244 (2015) link to paper

“simpleGAMMA 1.0 – A reduced model of secondary organic aerosol formation in the aqueous aerosol phase (aaSOA)” JL Woo and VF McNeill, Geosci. Model. Dev. 8, 1821-1829 (2015)  link to paper

“Effect of Inorganic Salts on the Volatility of Organic Acids” SAK Hakkinen, VF McNeill, IA Riipinen. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48 (23) 13718-13726 (2014). link to paper

“Model Analysis of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation by Glyoxal in Laboratory Studies: The Case for Photoenhanced Chemistry” AJ Sumner, JL Woo, VF McNeill. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48 (20), 11919-11925 (2014). link to paper

“Climate-Relevant Physical Properties of Molecular Constituents Relevant for Isoprene-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosol Material” MA Upshur, BF Strick, VF McNeill, RJ Thomson, FM Geiger. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10731-10740 (2014). link to paper

“Inorganic salts interact with organic di-acids in submicron particles to form material with low hygroscopicity and volatility” GT Drozd, JL Woo, SAK Hakkinen, A Nenes, and VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 5205-5215 (2014). link to paper

“Organic matrix effects on the formation of light-absorbing compounds from a-dicarbonyls in aqueous salt solution” GT Drozd, VF McNeill. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16 (4), 741 – 747 (2014). link to paper

“Surface-Active Organics in Atmospheric Aerosols,” VF McNeill, N Sareen, and AN Schwier. Top. Curr. Chem., 339, 201-259 doi:10.1007/128_2012_404 (2013). link to paper

“Ammonium Addition (and Aerosol pH) Has a Dramatic Impact on Volatlity and Yield of Glyoxal Secondary Organic Aerosol” DL Ortiz-Montalvo, SAK Hakkinen, AN Schwier, YB Lim, VF McNeill, BJ Turpin. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48 (1), 255-263 (2013). link to paper

“Aqueous aerosol SOA formation: Impact on aerosol physical properties” JL Woo, DD Kim, AN Schwier, R Li and VF McNeill. Faraday Discuss., 165, 357-367 (2013). link to paper

“Self-limited uptake of alpha-pinene oxide to acidic aerosols: The effects of liquid-liquid phase separation and implications for the formation of secondary organic aerosol and organosulfates from epoxides” GT Drozd, JL Woo, and VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 8255-8263 (2013). link to paper

“Photochemical Aging of Light-Absorbing Secondary Organic Aerosol Material” N Sareen, SG Moussa, and VF McNeill. J. Phys. Chem. A, 117 (14), 2987-2996 (2013). link to paper

“Surfactants from the gas phase may promote cloud droplet formation” N Sareen, AN Schwier, T Lathem, A Nenes, and VF McNeill. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110, 2723-2728 (2013). link to paper

“Modeling the surface tension of complex, reactive organic-inorganic mixtures” AN Schwier, GA Viglione, Z Li, and VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 10721-10732 (2013). link to paper

“Aqueous-phase Secondary Organic Aerosol and Organosulfate Formation in Atmospheric Aerosols: A Modeling Study” VF McNeill, JL Woo, DD Kim, AN Schwier, NJ Wannell, AJ Sumner, JM Barakat. Environ. Sci. Technol.,  46 (15), 8075–8081 (2012). link to paper

“Surface Tension Depression By Low-Solubility Organic Material in Aqueous Aerosol Mimics ” AN Schwier, D Mitroo, and VF McNeill. Atmos. Environ., 54, 490-495, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.032 (2012) link to paper

“Reactive processing of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in aqueous aerosol mimics: Surface tension depression and secondary organic products” Z Li, AN Schwier, N Sareen, and VF McNeill,  Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 11, 11617-11629 (2011) link to paper

“Ozone Oxidation of Oleic Acid Surface Films Decreases Aerosol CCN Activity” AN Schwier, N Sareen, T Lathem, A Nenes, and VF McNeill. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 116, D16202, doi:10.1029/2010JD015520 (2011) link to paper

“Competitive Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface: A Second Harmonic Generation Study” K Sahu, KB Eisenthal, VF McNeill. J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (109), 9701-9705 (2011) link to paper

“Partitioning of semivolatile surface-active compounds between bulk, surface, and gas phase” S Romakkaniemi, H Kokkola, JN Smith, NL Prisle, AN Schwier, VF McNeill, A Laaksonen. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03807, doi:10.1029/2010GL046147 (2011)

“Effect of Salt on the Adsorption Affinity of an Aromatic Carbonyl Molecule to the Air-Aqueous Interface: Insight for Aqueous Environmental Interfaces” K Sahu, VF McNeill, KB Eisenthal, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 18258-18262 (2010) link to paper

“Glyoxal-Methylglyoxal Cross-reactions in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation” AN Schwier, N Sareen, D Mitroo, EL Shapiro, VF McNeill. Environ. Sci. Technol, 44 (16), 6174-6182 (2010) link to paper

“Secondary organic aerosol material formed by methylglyoxal in aqueous aerosol mimics” N Sareen, AN Schwier, EL Shapiro, D Mitroo, VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 10, 997-1016 (2010) link to paper

“Light-absorbing secondary organic aerosol material formed by glyoxal in aqueous aerosol mimics” EL Shapiro, J Szprengiel, N Sareen, CN Jen, MR Giordano, VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2289-2300 (2009) link to paper

Atmospheric Chemistry of Ice and Snow

Sponsored by: NSF CAREER award 2009-2014 (Atmospheric Chemistry program)

The interactions of trace gases with ice and snow in the environment impact predictions of the effects of climate change on atmospheric composition, the interpretation of ice core chemical records, and atmospheric chemistry modeling. Our work aims to close significant gaps in the current understanding of air-ice chemical interactions, including uncertainty regarding the microphysical location of adsorbed species and the potential role of a quasi-liquid layer (QLL) or quasi-brine layer (QBL) at the ice surface.

Publications on this topic:

“Surface Disordering and Film Formation on Ice Induced by Formaldehyde and Acetaldehyde” MH Kuo , SG Moussa , VF McNeill, J. Phys. Chem. C., 118 (50), 29108-29116 (2014). link to paper

“A review of air-ice chemical and physical interactions (AICI): liquids, quasi-liquids, and solids in snow” T Bartels-Rausch, H-W Jacobi, T Kahan, J Thomas, ES Thomson, JPD Abbatt, M Ammann, JR Blackford, H Bluhm, C Boxe, F Domine, MM Frey, I Gladich, MI Guzman, D Heger, T Huthwelker, P Klan, WF Kuhs, MH Kuo, S Maus, SG Moussa, VF McNeill, JT Newberg, JBC Pettersson, M Roeselova, J Sodeau.  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 1587-1633, 2014 Link to paper

“Nitric acid-induced surface disordering on ice” SG Moussa, MH Kuo, and VF McNeill. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15 (26), 10989-10995 (2013). link to paper

“Organics in Environmental Ices: Sources, Chemistry, and Impacts” VF McNeill, AM Grannas, JPD Abbatt, M Ammann, P Ariya, T Bartels-Rausch, F Domine, DJ Donaldson, MI Guzman, D Heger, TF Kahan, P Klán, S Masclin, C Toubin, and D Voisin.  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12,  9653-9678 (2012). link to paper

“Modeling Interfacial Liquid Layers on Environmental Ices” MH Kuo, SG Moussa, VF McNeill. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9971-9982 (2011) link to paper

“Ice in the environment: connections to atmospheric chemistry” VF McNeill, MG Hastings. Environ. Res. Lett., 3, 045004, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045004 (2008) link to paper

“The Interaction of Hydrogen Chloride with Ice Surfaces: The Effects of Grain Size, Surface Roughness, and Surface Disorder,” VF McNeill, T Loerting, FM Geiger, BL Trout, LT Molina, MJ Molina. J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 6274-6284 (2007)

“Hydrogen Chloride-induced Surface Disordering on Ice,” VF McNeill, T Loerting, FM Geiger, BL Trout, MJ Molina. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103 (25) 9422-9427 (2006). link to paper