Wildfires are a major source of gas‐phase ammonia (NH3) to the atmosphere. Quantifying the evolution and fate of this NH3is important to understanding the formation of secondary aerosol in smoke and its accompanying effects on radiative balance and nitrogen deposition. Here, we use data from the Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption, and Nitrogen (WE‐CAN) to add new empirical constraints on the e‐folding loss timescale of NH3and its relationship with particulate ammonium (
Here we show that just three electrochemical scans to modest positive potentials result in substantial growth of 1–2 nm Au dendrimer‐encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs). We examined two sizes of Au DENs, denoted as G6‐NH2(Au147) and G6‐NH2(Au55), where G6‐NH2represents a sixth‐generation, amine‐terminated, poly(amidoamine) dendrimer and the subscripts, 147 and 55, represent the average number of atoms in each size of DENs.
- Award ID(s):
- 1903576
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10272011
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- ChemElectroChem
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 13
- ISSN:
- 2196-0216
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 2545-2555
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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