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Title: Aerosol Optical Tweezers Elucidate the Chemistry, Acidity, Phase Separations, and Morphology of Atmospheric Microdroplets

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4]
  1. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  2. Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1711407
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1798445
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-20-24435; LLNL-JRNL-811962
Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4842
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; 20200752PRD3; AC52-07NA27344; CHE1213718; CHE1554941
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Accounts of Chemical Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 53; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-4842
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; surface tension; morphology; liquids; aerosols; optical tweezers; Chemistry - Inorganic, organic, physical and analytical chemistry, Environmental sciences, Chemistry

Citation Formats

Sullivan, Ryan C., Boyer-Chelmo, Hallie, Gorkowski, Kyle, and Beydoun, Hassan. Aerosol Optical Tweezers Elucidate the Chemistry, Acidity, Phase Separations, and Morphology of Atmospheric Microdroplets. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00407.
Sullivan, Ryan C., Boyer-Chelmo, Hallie, Gorkowski, Kyle, & Beydoun, Hassan. Aerosol Optical Tweezers Elucidate the Chemistry, Acidity, Phase Separations, and Morphology of Atmospheric Microdroplets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00407
Sullivan, Ryan C., Boyer-Chelmo, Hallie, Gorkowski, Kyle, and Beydoun, Hassan. Fri . "Aerosol Optical Tweezers Elucidate the Chemistry, Acidity, Phase Separations, and Morphology of Atmospheric Microdroplets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00407. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1711407.
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