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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 110, 期 22, 页码 8807-8812出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305277110
关键词
water transport; organic monolayers; mass accommodation; surface films
资金
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G007713/1]
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/I020075/1]
- EPSRC [EP/G007713/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- NERC [NE/I020075/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G007713/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/I020075/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Uncertainties in quantifying the kinetics of evaporation and condensation of water fromatmospheric aerosol are a significant contributor to the uncertainty in predicting cloud droplet number and the indirect effect of aerosols on climate. The influence of aerosol particle surface composition, particularly the impact of surface active organic films, on the condensation and evaporation coefficients remains ambiguous. Here, we report measurements of the influence of organic films on the evaporation and condensation of water from aerosol particles. Significant reductions in the evaporation coefficient are shown to result when condensed films are formed by monolayers of long-chain alcohols [CnH(2n+1)OH], with the value decreasing from 2.4 x 10(-3) to 1.7 x 10(-5) as n increases from 12 to 17. Temperature-dependent measurements confirm that a condensed film of long-range order must be formed to suppress the evaporation coefficient below 0.05. The condensation of water on a droplet coated in a condensed film is shown to be fast, with strong coherence of the long-chain alcohol molecules leading to islanding as the water droplet grows, opening up broad areas of uncoated surface on which water can condense rapidly. We conclude that multicomponent composition of organic films on the surface of atmospheric aerosol particles is likely to preclude the formation of condensed films and that the kinetics of water condensation during the activation of aerosol to form cloud droplets is likely to remain rapid.
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