Enrichment factors of perfluoroalkyl oxoanions at the air/water interfaceEnrichment factors of perfluoroalkyl oxoanions at the air/water interface Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2015-09-242009enThe 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.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Journal of Physical Chemistry A113318826-8829Psillakis_et_al_J. Phys. Chem. A_113(31)_2009.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2015-09-24application/pdf588.2 kBfree Psyllaki Eleftheria Ψυλλακη Ελευθερια Cheng Jie Colussi A. J. Hoffmann Michael R. ACS American Chemical Society Perfluoroalkyl oxoanions