Grassian Group Recent Publications (from 2003-2008)

2008

  • Preszler Prince, A., Kleiber, P.D., Grassian, V. H.,  and Young, M. A., “Reactive Uptake of Acetic Acid on Calcite and Nitric Acid Reacted Calcite Aerosol in an Environmental Reaction Chamber” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2008, 10, 142 - 152.
  • Hudson, P.; Gibson, E.; Kleiber, P.D.; Young, M. A. and Grassian, V. H. “Coupled infrared extinction and size distribution measurements for several clay components of mineral dust aerosol” Journal of Geophysical-Atmospheres 2008, 113, D01201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008791.
  • Rahaman, A.; Grassian, V. H.; Margulis, C.J., “Dynamics of Water Adsorption on a Calcite Surface as a Function of Relative Humidity” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112, 2109-2115.
  • Schuttlefield, J. and Grassian, V. H. “ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory:  Part I. Fundamentals and Examples” Journal of Chemical Education 2008, 85, 279-281.
  • Schuttlefield, J., Larsen, S.C. and Grassian, V. H. “ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Laboratory:  Part II. Introduction of a Laboratory Experiment on Surface Adsorption” ” Journal of Chemical Education 2008, 85, 282-284.
  • Liu, Y.; Gibson, E. R.; Cain, J.P.; Wang, H.; Grassian, V. H.; Laskin, A. "Kinetic Study of Heterogeneous Reactions of CaCO3 Particles with HNO3 as a Function of Relative Humidity Using Single Particle Analysis” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2008, 112, 1561 -1571.
  • Mogili, P.K.; Yang, K.H.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P. D. and Grassian, V. H. “Extinction Spectra of Mineral Dust Aerosol Components in an Environmental Aerosol Chamber:  IR Resonance Studies” Atmospheric Environment 2008, 42, 1752-1761.
  • Cwiertny, D.M.; Baultrusaitis, J.; Hunter, G. J.; Laskin, A.; Scherer, M. M.; Grassian, V. H. “Characterization and Acid-Mobilization Study of Fe-Containing Mineral Dusts from Different Source Regions” Journal of Geophysical-Atmospheres 2008, 113, D05202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009332.
  • Cwiertny, D.M., Young, M.A. and Grassian, V. H. “Heterogeneous chemistry and photochemistry of mineral dust aerosol” invited review in Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry 2008, in press (invited).
  • Curtis, D. B.; Aycibin, M.; Arnold, N.P.; Grassian, V. H.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P. D. " A Laboratory Investigation of Light Scattering from Representative Components of Mineral Dust Aerosol at a Wavelength of 550 nm” Journal of Geophysical-Atmospheres 2008, doi:10.1029/2007JD009387.
  • Cwiertny, D. M.; Handler, R. M.; Schaefer, M. V.; Grassian, V. H.Scherer, M. M. “Interpreting nanoscale size-effects in aggregated Fe-oxide suspensions:  Reaction of Fe(II) with Goethite” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2008, 72, 1365-1380.
  • Prather, K., Hatch, C. and Grassian, V. H. “Analysis of Atmospheric Aerosols”  Annual Reviews of Analytical Chemistry 2008, 1, in press.
  • Elzey, S.; Mubayi, A.; Larsen, S.C. and Grassian, V. H.  “FTIR Study of the Selective Catalytic Reducation of NO2 with Ammonia on Nanocrystalline NaY and CuY” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2008, in press.
  • Pettibone J.B.; Elzey, S.; Grassian, V. H. “An Integrated Approach Toward Understanding the Environmental Fate, Transport, Toxicity and Health Hazards of Nanomaterials” a book chapter in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts, Ed. Vicki H. Grassian 2008, in press.
  • Hudson, P.K.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P.D.; and Grassian, V. H. “Coupled infrared extinction and size distribution measurements of several non-clay components of mineral dust aerosol (quartz, calcite, and dolomite) Atmospheric Environment 2008, in press.
  • Grassian, V. H. and Larsen, S.C. “Applications of Nanocrystalline Zeolites to CWA Decontamination” V.H. Grassian, and S.C. Larsen book chapter in ACS Book on Decontamination Technologies , in press.
  • Pettibone J. B.; Cwiertny, D. M.; Scherer, M. and Grassian, V.H. “Adsorption of Organic Acids on TiO2 Nanoparticles:  Effects of pH, Nanoparticle Size and Nanoparticle Aggregation” Langmuir 2008, in press.
  • Hatch, C. D.; Gierlus, K. M.; Schuttlefield, J.D. and Grassian, V. H. “Water Adsorption and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity of Calcite and Calcite Coated with Model Humic and Fulvic Acids” Atmospheric Environment 2008, in press.
  • Hatch C. D. and Grassian, V.H. “Applications of Analytical Techniques in Laboratory Studies of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Impact of Mineral Dust Aerosol” Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2008 (submitted).

2007

  • Preszler-Prince, A., Kleiber, P.D., Grassian, V. H.  and Young, M. A. “Heterogeneous Conversion of Calcite Aerosol by Nitric Acid” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007,  9, 622-634.
  • Hudson, P. K.; Schwarz, J.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Gibson, E. R. and Grassian, V. H.“Spectroscopic Studies of Atmospherically Relevant Concentrated Aqueous Nitrate Solutions” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2007, 111, 544-548.
  • Stout, S. C.; Larsen, S. C. and Grassian, V. H. “Adsorption, Desorption and Thermal Oxidation of 2-CEES on Nanocrystalline Zeolites” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2007, 100, 77–86.
  • Pettibone, J. M.; Baltrusaitis, J. and Grassian, V. H., “Chemical Properties of Oxide Nanoparticles: Surface Adsorption Studies from Gas and Liquid Phase Environments” invited chapter in Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials, Eds. J. A. Rodriguez and M. Fernandez-Garcia,  John Wiley and Sons 2007, 335-351.
  • Grassian, V. H., O’Shaughnessy, P.; Pettibone, J.,  Dodd, A. And Thorne, P.  “Inhalation Exposure Studies of Nanoparticulate Titanium Dioxide with a Primary Particle Size of 2 to 5 nm” Environmental Health Perspectives 2007. 115, 397-402.
  • Baltrusaitis, J.; Usher, C. R. and Grassian, V. H. “Reactions of Sulfur Dioxide on Calcium Carbonate Single Crystal and Particle Surfaces at the Adsorbed Water Carbonate Interface”  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  2007, 9, 3011 - 3024 (designated Hot Article).
  • Schuttlefied, J.; Al-Hosney, H. A.; Zachariah, A. and Grassian, V. H. “ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy to Investigate Water Uptake and Phase Transitions in Atmospherically Relevant Particles” Applied Spectroscopy 2007, 61, 283-292.
  • Grassian, V. H.; Meyer G.; Abruña, H., Ekem Achenie, L.; Allison, T.; Brunschwig, B.; Coates, G. W.; Ferry, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Gardea-Torresdey, J.; Grey, C.P.; Huchison, J.; Li, C.-J.; Liotta, C.; Minteer, S.; Mueller, K.; Ragauskas, A.; Roberts, J.; Omuwunmi, S.; Schmehl, R.; Schneider, W.; Selloni, A.; Stair, P.; Stewart, J.; Tyson, J.; Voelker, B.; White, J.M.; Wood-Black, F.; Torn, D. “Chemistry for a Sustainable Future” Environmental Science and Technology 2007, 4840-4846.
  • Curtis D.B.; Aycibin, M.; Young, M. A. Grassian, V. H. and Kleiber, P.D.; “Simultaneous Measurement of Light Scattering Properties and Particle Size Distribution for Aerosols:  Application to Ammonium Sulfate and Quartz Aerosol Particles” Atmospheric Environment 2007, 41, 4748-4758.
  • Usher, C. R.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Grassian, V. H. “Reaction of Gas-Phase Formic Acid with the Calcium Carbonate (1014)” Surface:  Spatially Resolved Product Formation and the Role of Ion Mobility Langmuir 2007, 23, 7039-7045.
  • Preszler Prince, A., Kleiber, P.D., Grassian, V. H. ,  and Young, M. A. “Heterogeneous Interactions of Calcite Aerosol with Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide/Nitric Acid Mixtures” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007, 9, 3432-3439.
  • Hudson, P. K.; Gibson, E. R.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P.; and Grassian, V. H. “Infrared Extinction Measurements with Measured Aerodynamic and Mobility Diameters” Aerosol Science and Technology 2007, 41, 701-710.
  • Baltrusaitis, J; Schuttlefield, J.; Jensen, J. H. and Grassian, V. H. FTIR Spectroscopy Combined with Quantum Chemical Calculations to Investigate Adsorbed Nitrate on Aluminum Oxide Surfaces in the Presence and Absence of Co-Adsorbed Water, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007, 9, 4970 - 4980.
  • Gibson, E. R.; Gierlus, K. M.; Hudson, P. K.; and Grassian, V. H. “Generation of Internally Mixed Insoluble and Soluble Aerosol Particles to Investigate the Impact of Heterogeneous Processing in the Atmosphere on the CCN Activity of Mineral Dust Aerosol Aerosol Science and Technology 2007, 41, 914 - 924.
  • Mogili, P.K.; Yang, K.H.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P.D. and Grassian, V. H. “Environmental aerosol chamber studies of extinction spectra of mineral dust aerosol components : Broadband IR-UV extinction spectra” Journal of Geophysical-Atmospheres 2007, 112, D21204, doi:10.1029/2007JD008890.
  • Baltrusaitis, J.; Schuttlefield, J.; Zeitler, E.; Jensen, J. and Grassian, V. H. “Surface Reactions of Carbon Dioxide at the Adsorbed Water – Oxide Interface” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2007, 111, 14870 -14880.
  • Baltrusaitis, J., Cwiertny, D. M. and Grassian, V. H. “Surface Reactions of Sulfur Dioxide on Goethite and Hematite Particles” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007, 9, 5542 - 5554.
  • Schuttlefield JD; Cox, D.; and Grassian V.H. “An Investigation of Water Uptake on Clays Minerals using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy Coupled with Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements “Journal of Geophysical-Atmospheres 2007, 112, D21303, doi:10.1029/2007JD008973.
  • Grassian, V. H.; Adamcakova-Dodd, A.; Pettibone, J.B.; O’Shaughnessy, P.T.; Thorne, P. S. “Inflammatory response of mice to manufactured titanium dioxide nanoparticles: comparison of size effects through different exposure routes” Nanotoxicology 2007, 1, 211-226.

2006

  • Gibson, E.R.; Hudson, P. K. and Grassian, V. H. "Aerosol chemistry and climate: Laboratory Studies of the Carbonate Component of Mineral Dust and its Reaction Products, Geophys. Res. Lett. 2006, 33, L13811, doi:10.1029/2006GL026386.
  • Mogili, P. K.; Kleiber, P.D.; Young, M. A. and Grassian, V. H. "N2O5 Hydrolysis on the Components of Mineral Dust and Sea Salt Aerosol: Comparison Study in an Environmental Aerosol Reaction Chamber"Atmospheric Environment 2006, 40, 7401-7408.
  • Gibson, E. R.; Hudson, P. K.; Grassian, V. H. "Physicochemical Properties of Nitrate Aerosols: Implications for the Atmosphere"J. Phys. Chem. A  2006, 110, 11785­­–11799 (Invited Feature Article and Cover Art).
  • Stout, S. C.; Larsen, S. C. and Grassian, V. H. "Adsorption, Desorption and Thermal Oxidation of 2-CEES on Nanocrystalline Zeolites" submitted to Microporous and Mesoporous Materials.
  • Knagge, K.; Johnson, M.; Grassian, V. H. and Larsen, S. C. "Adsorption and Thermal Oxidation of DMMP in Nanocrystalline NaY"Langmuir 2006, 22, 11077–11084.
  • Mogili, P. K.; Kleiber, P.D.; Young, M. A. and Grassian, V. H. "Heterogeneous Uptake of Ozone on Reactive Components of Mineral Dust Aerosol: An Environmental Aerosol Reaction Chamber Study"J. Phys. Chem. A.2006, 110, 13799-13807.
  • Grassian, V. H.; O'Shaughnessy, P.; Pettibone, J., Dodd, A. And Thorne, P. "Inhalation Exposure Studies of Nanoparticulate Titanium Dioxide with a Primary Particle Size of 2 to 5 nm" (submitted to Environmental Health Perspectives).
  • Hudson, P.K.; Gibson, E. R.; Young, M. A.; Kleiber, P.D. and Grassian, V. H. "A Newly Designed and Constructed Instrument for Coupled Infrared Extinction and Size Distribution Measurements of Aerosols" (submitted to Aerosol Science and Technology).
  • Pettibone, J. M.; Baltrusaitis, J. and Grassian, V. H., “Chemical Properties of Oxide Nanoparticles: Surface Adsorption Studies from Gas and Liquid Phase Environments” invited chapter in Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials, Eds. J. A. Rodriguez and M. Fernandez-Garcia, John Wiley and Sons (in press)
  • Baltrusaitis, J.; Jensen, J. and Grassian, V. H., FTIR Spectroscopy Combined with Isotope Labeling and Quantum Chemical Calculations to Investigate Bicarbonate Adsorption Following Reaction of Carbon Dioxide with Surface Hydroxyl Groups on Fe2O3 and Al2O3, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006,110, 12005-12016.

2005

  • Johnson, E. R. and Grassian, V. H. "Environmental Catalysis of the Earth's Atmosphere: Heterogeneous Reactions on Mineral Dust Aerosol" Environmental Catalysis, Ed. Vicki H. Grassian, CRC Publishing, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.
  • Li, G. Larsen, S. C. and Grassian, V. H. "Catalytic Reduction of NO2 in Nanocrystalline NaY Zeolite." J. Molecular Catalysis 2005, 227, 25-35.
  • Al-Abadleh, H.A., Al-Hosney, H. A., and Grassian, V. H. "Oxide and Carbonate Surfaces as Environmental Interfaces: The Importance of Water in Surface Composition and Surface Reactivity" J. Molecular Catalysis A 2005, 228, 47-54.
  • Song, W., Li, G., Grassian, V.H. and Larsen, S. C., "Development of Improved Materials for Environmental Applications: Nanocrystalline NaY Zeolites, Env. Sci. and Technol.2005, 39, 1214-1220
  • Al-Hosney, H. A., Grassian, V. H. "Water, Sulfur Dioxide and Nitric Acid Adsorption on Calcium Carbonate: A Transmission and ATR-FTIR Study." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2005, 7, 1266 - 1276.
  • Krueger, B. J., Grassian, V. H., Wietsma, T. W. and Laskin, A. "Heterogeneous Chemistry of Individual Mineral Dust Particles with Nitric Acid. A Combined CCSEM/EDX, ESEM and ICP-MS Study." J. Geophys. Res.2005, 110, D10208,doi:10.1029/2004JD005206
  • Schuttlefield, J. and Grassian, V. H "Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? The Role of Scanning Probe Microscopy as an Educational Tool In the Chemistry Curriculum" The Chemist 2005, 82(1), 4-1 to 4-19.
  • Song, W., Grassian, V. H. and Larsen, S. C. "High Yield Method for Nanocrystalline Zeolite Synthesis" Chem. Comm. 2005, 2951 - 2953.
  • Baltrusaitas, J. and Grassian, V. H. "Surface Reactions of Carbon Dioxide at the Adsorbed Water-Iron Oxide Interface" J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 12227-12230.
  • Li, G., Larsen, S.C, Grassian, V. H. "FT-IR Study of NO2 Reduction in Nanocrystalline NaY Zeolite: Effect of Zeolite Crystal Size and Adsorbed Water" Catalysis Letters 2005, in press.
  • Song, W., Woodward, J. F., Grassian, V. H., Larsen, S.C. "Microscopic and Macroscopic Characterization of Organosilane Functionalized Nanocrystalline NaZSM-5" Langmuir 2005, 21, 7009-7014.
  • Johnson, E. R., Sciegienka, J. Carlos-Cuellar, S and Grassian, V. H. "Heterogeneous Uptake of Gaseous Nitric Acid on Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) and Calcite (CaCO3) Particles: A Knudsen Cell Study Using Multiple, Single and Fractional Particle Layers" Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005, in press.
  • Li, G., Jones, C.A., Grassian, V. H. Larsen, S.C. "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO2 with Urea in Nanocrystalline NaY Zeolite" Journal of Catalysis 2005, in press.
  • Krueger, B. J., Ross, J. and Grassian, V. H. "Formation of Microcrystals, Micropuddles and Other Spatial Inhomogenieties in Surface Reactions Under Ambient Conditions: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Water and Nitric Acid Adsorption on MgO and CaCO3" submitted to Langmuir 2005.

2004

  • Larsen, S. C. and V. H. Grassian "Environmental Catalysts based on Nanocrystalline Zeolites" a book chapter in the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Eds. J. A. Schwarz, C. I. Contescu. K. Putyera, Marcell Dekker Publishing, Co., NY, 2004, 1137 - 1145 (Invited Chapter).
  • Song, W., Justice, R. E., Jones, C. A., Grassian, V. H., Larsen, S.C. "Size-dependent Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicalite Synthesized with Systematically Varied Crystal Sizes" Langmuir 2004 , 20, 4696-4702.
  • Al-Hosney, H. A. and Grassian, V. H. "Carbonic Acid: An Important Intermediate in the Surface Chemistry of Calcium Carbonate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8068-8069.
  • Grassian, V. H. "An Integrated Environmental Chemical Sciences Degree Program" Chemical Educator 2004, 9, 384 - 388. doi: 10.133/s000897040842a.
  • Krueger, B. J., Grassian, V. H., Laskin, A. and J. Cowin "Heterogeneous Chemistry of Individual Mineral Dust Particles from Different Dust Source Regions: The Importance of Particle Mineralogy" Atmospheric Environment 2004, 38, 6253-6261.
  • Song, W., Kanthasamy, R., Grassian, V.H. Larsen, S.C. "Hexagonal, Hollow, Aluminum-Containing ZSM-5 Tubes Prepared from Mesoporous Silica Templates" Chem. Comm 2004, 1920 - 1921.
  • Song, W., Justice, R. E., Jones, C. A., Grassian, V.H. and Larsen, S. C., "Synthesis, Characterization and Adsorption Properties of Nanocrystalline ZSM-5" Langmuir 2004, 20, 8301-8306.
  • Tang, T., G.R. Carmichae1, J.H. Seinfeld, D. Dabdub, R.J. Weber, B. Huebert, A.D. Clarke, S.A. Guazzotti, D.A. Sodeman, K.A. Prather, I. Uno, J.-H. Woo, J.J. Yienger, D.G. Streets, P.K. Quinn, J.E. Johnson, C.-H. Song, V.H. Grassian, A. Sandu, R.W. Talbot and J.E. Dibb, "Three-dimensional Simulations of Inorganic Aerosol Distributions in East Asia During Spring 2001." Journal of Geophysical Research, 2004, 109, D19S23, doi:10.1029/2003JD004201,.

2003

  • Grassian, V. H. and Larsen, S.C. "Photooxidation of Hydrocarbons in Cation-Exchanged Zeolites" A chapter in Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology Volume 3, 451-494, 2003 Ed. H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers (Invited Review Article).
  • Al-Abadleh, H. A. and Grassian, V. H., "FT-IR Study of Water Adsorption on Aluminum Oxide Surfaces" Langmuir 2003, 19, 341-347.
  • Li, G H., Xu, M., Grassian, V. H. and Larsen, S. C. "Photooxidation of Cyclohexane and Cyclohexene in Zeolite Y" J. Mol. Catal. A. 2003, 194, 169-180.
  • Krueger, B. J., Grassian, V. H., Laskin, A. and Cowin, J. P., "The Transformation of Solid Atmospheric Particles into Liquid Droplets through Heterogeneous Chemistry: Laboratory Insights into the Processing of Calcium Containing Mineral Dust Aerosol in the Troposphere" Geophys. Res. Letts. 2003 30, 48-1 to 48-4. DOI10.1029/2002GL016563
  • Carlos-Cuellar, S, Christensen, A.P., Burrichter, C., Li, P. and Grassian, V. H. "Heterogeneous Uptake Kinetics of VOCs on Oxide Surfaces Using a Knudsen Cell Reactor: Adsorption of Acetic Acid, Formaldehyde and Methanol on a-Al2O3, SiO2 and a-Fe2O3" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2003, 107, 4250-4261.
  • Michel, A. E., Usher, C. R. and Grassian, V. H. "Reactive Uptake of Ozone on Mineral Oxides and Mineral Dusts" Atmos. Env. 2003, 37, 3201-3211.
  • Krueger, B. J., Grassian, V. H., Iedema, M. J., Cowin, J. P. and Laskin, A. "Probing Heterogeneous Chemistry of Individual Atmospheric Particles Using Scanning Electron Microscopy" Analytical Chemistry 2003, 75, 5170-5179.
  • Al-Abadleh, H. A. and Grassian, V. H., "Phase Transitions in Thin Magnesium Nitrate Films: A Transmission FT-IR Study of the Deliquescence and Efflorescence of Nitric Acid Reacted Magnesium Oxide Interfaces" J. Phys. Chem. B. 2003, 107, 10829-10839.
  • Usher, C. R., Michel, A. E. Stec,, D. and Grassian, V. H. "Laboratory Studies of Ozone Uptake on Processed Mineral Dust" Atmos. Env. 2003, 37, 5337.
  • Al-Abadleh, H.A. Krueger, B.J., Ross, J. L. and Grassian, V. H. "Phase Transitions in Calcium Nitrate Thin Films " Chem. Comm., 2003, 2796- 2797.
  • Al-Abadleh, H. A. and V. H. Grassian "Oxide Surfaces as Environmental Interfaces" Surface Science Reports 2003, 52, 63-161 (Invited Review Article).
  • Usher, C. R., Michel, A. and Grassian, V. H. "Reactions on Mineral Dust" Chemical Reviews 2003, 103, 4883 - 4940 (Invited Review Article).
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