Solid–Water–Air Interface Accelerated Photochemical Reactions in Mineral Dust Microdroplets: An Overlooked Source of Atmospheric •OH
underscores the atmospheric significance of SWAIs. Our findings demonstrate that mineral-dust-bearing microdroplets constitute a previously overlooked yet critical source of •OH. This elucidates the crucial mediating role of SWAIs in climate-chemistry feedback loops, influencing the formation and transformation processes of sulfate aerosols, secondary organic aerosols, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Authors
- Davide Vione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2841-5721)
- Xiru Chen
- Danning Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3026-0746)
- Longgang Chu
- Zhaoyue Sun
- Haoran Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-9326)
- Yunping Tong
- Zhanghao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9249-5124)
- JS Gao
- Cheng Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-8918)
- Ziyan Zhou
- Xing Liu
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Ministry of Ecology and Environment (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (CN)
- China University of Petroleum, East China (CN)
- Institute of Soil Science (CN)
- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture
- University of Turin (IT)
- Nanjing University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c15891
- Primary Topic
- Iron oxide chemistry and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca