Colóquio - From molecules to rain: Probing atmospherically relevant aqueous surfaces with XPS

The outermost molecular layers of liquid water differ from the bulk. These differences are especially important for small aqueous systems, e.g. atmospheric  aerosols which are among the main unknowns in climate models. I will describe how we study the surface of liquid water using a liquid micro-jet and synchrotron-radiation-based photoelectron spectroscopy, and present results of the surface behaviour of ions and organic molecules, chosen as model systems of atmospherically relevance.

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Rua do Matão, travessa R, nº 187