URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/8877E400-78CB-46B9-B12C-A2EDC7410325 | - |
Identifier | https://doi.org/10.1021/jp902795m | - |
Identifier | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp902795m | - |
Language | en | - |
Extent | 4 pages | en |
Extent | 4 σελίδες | el |
Title | Enrichment factors of perfluoroalkyl oxoanions at the air/water interface | en |
Creator | Psyllaki Eleftheria | en |
Creator | Ψυλλακη Ελευθερια | el |
Creator | Cheng Jie | en |
Creator | Colussi A. J. | en |
Creator | Hoffmann Michael R. | en |
Publisher | ACS | en |
Publisher | American Chemical Society | en |
Content Summary | The refractory, water-bound perfluoro-n-alkyl carboxylate F(CF2)nCO2
- and sulfonate F(CF2)nSO3
- surfactant
anions reach remote locations by mechanisms that are not well understood. Here we report experiments in
which the relative concentrations of these anions on the surface of microdroplets produced by nebulizing
their aqueous solutions are measured via electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Enrichment factors f
(relative to Br-: f(Br-) ≡ 1) increase with n, asymptotically reaching f[F(CF2)nSO3
-] ∼ 2 f[F(CF2)nCO2
-] ∼
200 f(Br-) values above n ∼ 8. The larger f values for F(CF2)nSO3
- over their F(CF2)nCO2
- congeners are
consistent with a closer approach of the bulkier, less hydrated -SO3
- headgroup to the air/water interface.
A hyperbolic, rather than the predicted linear log f[F(CF2)nCO2
-] vs n dependence suggests the onset of
conformational restrictions to interfacial enrichment above n ∼ 4. Marine aerosols produced from contaminated
ocean surface waters are therefore expected to be highly enriched in F(CF2)nCO2
-/F(CF2)nSO3
- species. | en |
Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
Type of Item | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Date of Item | 2015-09-24 | - |
Date of Publication | 2009 | - |
Subject | Perfluoroalkyl oxoanions | en |
Bibliographic Citation | E. Psillakis, J. Cheng, M. R. Hoffmann and A. Colussi , "Enrichment factors of perfluoroalkyl oxoanions at the air/water interface," J. of Physic. Chem. A, vol. 113, no. 31, pp. 8826-8829, May 2009. doi: 10.1021/jp902795m | en |