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SUBMITTER: Cheng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309446 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheng Yafang Y Su Hang H Koop Thomas T Mikhailov Eugene E Pöschl Ulrich U
Nature communications 20150114
Phase transitions of nanoparticles are of fundamental importance in atmospheric sciences, but current understanding is insufficient to explain observations at the nano-scale. In particular, discrepancies exist between observations and model predictions of deliquescence and efflorescence transitions and the hygroscopic growth of salt nanoparticles. Here we show that these discrepancies can be resolved by consideration of particle size effects with consistent thermodynamic data. We present a new m ...[more]