Our new paper highlights the importance of molecular structure and reactivity when considering the cloud activation potential of secondary organic aerosol by pinene and caryophyllene ozonolysis products.

Cloud Activation Potentials for Atmospheric α-Pinene and β-Caryophyllene Ozonolysis Products

Ariana Gray Bé^†, Mary Alice Upshur^†, Pengfei Liu^‡, Scot T. Martin^‡§, Franz M. Geiger^*† , and Regan J. Thomson^*†

^† Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States

^‡ John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

^§ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States

ACS Cent. Sci., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00112