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Picture depicting supramolecular assembly of gels in aerosol particles
Ion-Molecule Interactions Enable Unexpected Phase Transitions in Organic-Inorganic Aerosol.

Richards DS*, Trobaugh KL*, Hajek-Herrera J*, Price CL, Sheldon CS, Davies JF, Davis RD^ (2020)  Science Advances, 6, eabb5643, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb5643.

 

Diagram of Dual-Balance Electrodynamic Trap as a Micro-Analytical Tool for Identifying Gel Transitions and Viscous Properties of Levitated Aerosol Particles
Dual-Balance Electrodynamic Trap as a Micro-Analytical Tool for Identifying Gel Transitions and Viscous Properties of Levitated Aerosol Particles

Richards DS*, Trobaugh KL*, Hajek-Herrera J*, Davis RD (2020) Analytical Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04487

Image depicting separation of droplet generation from ionization
Studying Chemistry in Micro-Compartments by Separating Droplet Generation from Ionization

Jacobs MI, Davis RD, Rapf RJ, Wilson KR (2018) J. Am. Soc. Mass Spec. DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-2091-y.

Chart of immersion and Contact Efflorescence Induced by Mineral Dust Particles
Immersion and Contact Efflorescence Induced by Mineral Dust Particles.

Ushijima SB, Davis RD, Tolbert MA (2018) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. DOI: 10.1021/ acs.jpca.7b12075.

 

 

Chart of rapid on-demand inertial mixing and metal-catalyzed aqueous-phase oxidation processes
Colliding-droplet microreactor: rapid on-demand inertial mixing and metal-catalyzed aqueous-phase oxidation processes.

Davis RD, Jacobs MI, Houle FA, Wilson KR (2017)  Analytical Chemistry 89(22): 12494-12501. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03601. 

Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News, 95(46): 16-18 (Nov. 20, 2017 issue).

Chart of the reaction of OPA with alanine are detected in single droplets using paper spray mass spectrometry
Exploring chemistry in microcompartments using guided droplet collisions in a branched quadrupole trap coupled to a single droplet, paper spray mass spectrometer. 

Jacobs MI, Davies JF, Lee L, Davis RD, Houle FA, Wilson KR (2017) Analytical Chemistry 89(22): 12511-12519. DOI: 10.1021/ acs.analchem.7b03704.

Highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News, 95(46): 16-18 (Nov. 20, 2017 issue).

 

Crystal nucleation initiated by transient ion-surface interactions at aerosol interfaces
Crystal nucleation initiated by transient ion-surface interactions at aerosol interfaces.

Davis RD, Tolbert MA (2017) Science Advances 3(7):e1700425, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700425.

 

 

Chart of a pathway for crystallization of atmospherically relevant particles
Contact efflorescence as a pathway for crystallization of atmospherically relevant particles. 

Davis RD, Lance S, Gordon JA, Ushijima SB, Tolbert MA (2015) Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 112(52):15815-15820, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522860113.

 

Long working-distance optical trap for in situ analysis of contact-induced phase transformations.
Long working-distance optical trap for in situ analysis of contact-induced phase transformations.

Davis RD, Lance S, Gordon JA, Tolbert MA (2015) Analytical Chemistry 87:6186-6194, DOI: 10.1021/acs.anal chem.5b00809.

 

 

Chart of the aqueous stability of a Mars salt analog
The aqueous stability of a Mars salt analog: Instant Mars.

Nuding DL, Davis RD, Gough RV, Tolbert MA (2015) Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 120:588-598, DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004722.

 

 

 

Chart of the temperature and the relative humidity of Liquid Phase Aqueous solutions relevant to Mars
Deliquescence and efflorescence of Ca(ClO4)2: An investigation of stable aqueous solutions relevant to Mars.

Nuding DL, Rivera-Valentin EG, Davis RD, Gough RV, Chevrier VF, Tolbert MA (2014) Icarus 243:420-428, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.036.

 

 

Chart of the wavelength, pressure and temperature dependency of carbon monoxide
Oxygen isotope fractionation in the vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation of carbon monoxide: Wavelength, pressure and temperature dependency.

Chakraborty S, Davis RD, Ahmed M, Jackson TL, Thiemens MH (2012) The Journal of Chemical Physics 137:024309, DOI: 10.1063/1.4730911.