Articles | Volume 19, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5571-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5571-2019
Research article
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29 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2019

Insights into the morphology of multicomponent organic and inorganic aerosols from molecular dynamics simulations

Katerina S. Karadima, Vlasis G. Mavrantzas, and Spyros N. Pandis

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We explore the morphologies of multicomponent nanoparticles through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations under atmospherically relevant conditions. Phase separation is predicted for almost all simulated nanoparticles either between organics and inorganics or between hydrophobic and hydrophilic constituents. Three main particle types were identified: organic islands at the surface, inorganic core-organic shell morphologies and complex structures with hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains.
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