Nanodroplet aerosols: Nucleation rates and structure

该奖项由化学学部实验物理化学项目资助，支持俄亥俄州立大学Barbara Wyslouzil教授和她的学生的研究。这个实验项目的目标是测量纳米液滴的形成速率和结构。纳米大小的液滴在环境和工业环境中都是由蒸汽凝结形成的，是许多健康、环境和工业挑战的关键因素。准确预测这些相变发生的速率和最终液滴的结构对于建立可靠的工业过程、气候和大气化学模型至关重要。这项工作的结果引起了成核、气溶胶科学、云物理和材料科学研究人员的兴趣。该项目为本科生和研究生提供了一个丰富的研究环境，这是高度跨学科的，并建立在长期的国际合作基础上。此外，还计划开展一项社区外展活动，将云引入家庭学校和公立学校学生的教室。

This award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry, supports the research of Prof. Barbara Wyslouzil and her students at The Ohio State University. The goals of this experimental program are to measure the formation rates and the structure of nanodroplets. Nanometer-sized droplets form by vapor condensation in both ambient and industrial environments, and are crucial elements in many health, environmental, and industrial challenges. Accurately predicting the rate at which these phase transitions occur and the structure of the final droplets are critical for developing reliable models of industrial processes, climate, and atmospheric chemistry. The results stemming from this work are of interest to researchers in nucleation, aerosol science, cloud physics, and materials science. The project provides a rich research environment for undergraduate and graduate students that is highly interdisciplinary and that builds on a longstanding international collaboration. A community outreach effort to bring clouds into the classrooms of both home schooled and public school students is also planned.