Publications by authors named "Christina Ν Vasilakopoulou"
ACS EST Air
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines how secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is produced from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and intermediate volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) reacting with hydroxyl radicals, particularly under high nitrogen oxide (NO) conditions.
- - It focuses on various organic compounds, primarily cyclic alkanes and aromatic compounds, discovering that larger cyclohexanes generate more SOA than aromatics, but the latter create a more oxidized aerosol due to their oxidation products.
- - The research highlights the importance of factors like molecular structure, size, and substituent chain length on SOA characteristics and proposes new parameters for better modeling of aerosol behavior in future chemical transport models.
