Collaborative Research: Effects of Atmospheric Aging on the Surface vs. Bulk Composition of Atmospheric Organic Aerosol

合作研究：大气老化对大气有机气溶胶表面与本体成分的影响

• 批准号: 1307664
• 负责人: Jesse Kroll
• 金额: $ 27.55万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1307664&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Effects; Atmospheric; Aging

The Environmental Chemical Sciences Program in the Chemistry Division supports Professor Jesse H. Kroll of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the laboratory study of chemical differences between organic compounds present at the air-particle interface and those found within the bulk of the particles. New analytical techniques for the real-time measurement of the surface composition are being investigated and developed; these include combinations of soot particle aerosol mass spectrometry (SP-AMS, a laser-based technique for the rapid vaporization of particles containing black carbon or metal cores), tunable vacuum ultraviolet photoionization (VUV, a soft ionization technique), and direct analysis in real time (DART, a mass spectrometric technique for the measurement of material surfaces). These state-of-the-art techniques will then be used in environmental chamber studies, examining how the condensation of secondary species affect organic aerosol composition, with a focus on the extent and rate of mixing between various aerosol components. This study is expected to provide new insights into the formation and evolution of atmospheric organic fine particles. The direct examination of chemical gradients and mixing within such particles will provide important constraints on their atmospheric behavior, reactivity, and fate, and ultimately on their role in global climate and human health.

化学系的环境化学科学项目支持麻省理工学院的 Jesse H. Kroll 教授进行实验室研究，研究空气-颗粒界面上存在的有机化合物与颗粒本体中存在的有机化合物之间的化学差异。 正在研究和开发用于实时测量表面成分的新分析技术；其中包括烟灰颗粒气溶胶质谱分析（SP-AMS，一种基于激光的技术，用于快速汽化含有黑碳或金属核心的颗粒）、可调谐真空紫外光电离（VUV，一种软电离技术）和直接分析的组合实时（DART，一种用于测量材料表面的质谱技术）。 这些最先进的技术随后将用于环境室研究，研究次要物种的凝结如何影响有机气溶胶成分，重点关注各种气溶胶成分之间的混合程度和速率。这项研究有望为大气有机细颗粒的形成和演化提供新的见解。对这些颗粒内的化学梯度和混合的直接检查将为它们的大气行为、反应性和命运提供重要的限制，并最终限制它们在全球气候和人类健康中的作用。