Introduction: Classes of atmospheric particles and interfaces (aerosol, POA/SOA, bioaerosol, clouds,ice/liquid/mixed clouds, fog and haze, ground), atmospheric/air quality and molecular views
Physical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds. Especially those properties important in the Climate Discussion (cloud formation): Extinction, absorption, scattering cross sections, external/internal mixtures, hygroscopicity
New Particle (Gas-to-Particle) Formation (CLOUD Project at CERN)
Nucleation Phenomena in Freezing Transitions, Ice Nucleation & CCN activation
Gas-Particle Partitioning
Phase Diagrams & Transitions, Supersaturations, Viscosity
Thermochemistry & Kinetics of Aqueous/Condensed Phase Reactions Including Free Radical Reactions In Solution
Thermochemistry & Kinetics of Interfacial Reactions
Ionic And Free Radical Processes On Atmospheric Clusters In The Free Troposphere And Lower Stratosphere
Health Effects -
Molecular Mechanisms: ROS/RNS, Antioxidants, Immunological Reactions
Global Modeling: Global Emissions/Formation, Transport, Climate & Health Effects
New Instrumental Developments & Modeling Tools:
? API-TOF, STXM, SFG, viscosity, high pressure XPS
? kinetic multilayer models, molecular dynamics
Dry/Wet Deposition Of Atmospheric Aerosols And Hydrometeros
Influence Of Aerosols On Climate: Global and Regional Aspects
Outlook: potential applications of multiphase kinetics/thermodynamics in catalysis, energy conversion, green chemistry, plasma chemistry