Sea Spray Aerosol Structure and Composition Using Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy.

ABSTRACT: The composition and surface properties of atmospheric aerosol particles largely control their impact on climate by affecting their ability to uptake water, react heterogeneously, and nucleate ice in clouds. However, in the vacuum of a conventional electron microscope, the native surface and internal structure often undergo physicochemical rearrangement resulting in surfaces that are quite different from their atmospheric configurations. Herein, we report the development of cryogenic transmission electron microscopy where laboratory generated sea spray aerosol particles are flash frozen in their native state with iterative and controlled thermal and/or pressure exposures and then probed by electron microscopy. This unique approach allows for the detection of not only mixed salts, but also s

SUBMITTER: Patterson JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731829 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature