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Reactivity of Atmospherically Relevant Small Radicals at the Air–Water Interface
Author(s) -
MartinsCosta Marilia T. C.,
Anglada Josep M.,
Francisco Joseph S.,
RuizLopez Manuel F.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201200656
Subject(s) - radical , reactivity (psychology) , aerosol , gas phase , environmental chemistry , chemistry , atmospheric chemistry , redox , chemical physics , environmental science , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , ozone , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A fish out of water : The chemical properties at the air–water interface of the atmospherically important free radicals HO 2 . and O 2 .− were investigated by means of computer simulations. Acidity, HOMO–LUMO gap, and redox potentials differ from both the bulk and also the gas phase. These findings are significant for HO 2 . chemistry and aerosol and cloud chemistry.