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Involatile particles from rapid oxidation

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How tiny aerosol particles form and grow from vapours produced by vegetation has been a mystery. The finding that highly oxygenated products form directly from volatile organic compounds may offer the solution. See Letter p.476

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Figure 1: Forest haze.

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  1. Gordon McFiggans is at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.,

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McFiggans, G. Involatile particles from rapid oxidation. Nature 506, 442–443 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/506442a

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