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Overview

Markus Ammann is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, Ammann's work covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in Ammann's publications include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Recent papers by Ammann and collaborators illustrate the diversity of their research interests and have appeared in several leading journals. These papers include:

  • "Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume VII - Criegee intermediates" (2020) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: volume VIII - gas-phase reactions of organic species with four, or more, carbon atoms (≥ C4)" (2021) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Photolytic radical persistence due to anoxia in viscous aerosol particles" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Probing the solid-liquid interface with tender x rays: A new ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy endstation at the Swiss Light Source" (2020) published in Review of Scientific Instruments
  • "Amplification of light within aerosol particles accelerates in-particle photochemistry" (2022) published in Science

Ammann frequently publishes in journals known for atmospheric and environmental sciences. The most common publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Ammann's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Luca Artiglia
  • Anthony Boucly
  • Peter A. Alpert
  • Thorsten Bartels-Rausch
  • Ivan Gladich

The accumulation of work across these areas reflects Ammann's engagement with both fundamental and applied aspects of atmospheric chemistry and related physical and chemical processes in the environment.

Best Publications

  • Gas uptake and chemical aging of semisolid organic aerosol particles

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Markus Ammann;Thomas Koop;Ulrich Pöschl

  • Heterogeneous photochemistry in the atmosphere.

    Christian George;Christian George;Markus Ammann;Barbara D’Anna;Barbara D’Anna;D. J. Donaldson

  • An overview of snow photochemistry: evidence, mechanisms and impacts

    A. M. Grannas;A. E. Jones;J. Dibb;M. Ammann

  • Photosensitized reduction of nitrogen dioxide on humic acid as a source of nitrous acid

    Konrad Stemmler;Markus Ammann;Chantal Donders;Chantal Donders;Jörg Kleffmann

  • Heterogeneous production of nitrous acid on soot in polluted air masses

    M. Ammann;M. Kalberer;M. Kalberer;D. T. Jost;L. Tobler

  • Photoenhanced uptake of gaseous NO2 on solid organic compounds: a photochemical source of HONO?

    C. George;Rafal Strekowski;J. Kleffmann;K. Stemmler

  • An overview of current issues in the uptake of atmospheric trace gases by aerosols and clouds

    C. E. Kolb;R. A. Cox;J. P. D. Abbatt;M. Ammann

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume V – heterogeneous reactions on solid substrates

    John N. Crowley;Markus Ammann;R.A. Cox;R.G. Hynes

  • Kinetic model framework for aerosol and cloud surface chemistry and gas-particle interactions – Part 1: General equations, parameters, and terminology

    U. Pöschl;U. Pöschl;Y. Rudich;M. Ammann

  • Light changes the atmospheric reactivity of soot

    Maria Eugenia Monge;Barbara D’Anna;Linda Mazri;Anne Giroir-Fendler

  • A review of air-ice chemical and physical interactions (AICI): liquids, quasi-liquids, and solids in snow

    T. Bartels-Rausch;H.-W. Jacobi;H.-W. Jacobi;T. F. Kahan;J. L. Thomas;J. L. Thomas

  • Light induced conversion of nitrogen dioxide into nitrous acid on submicron humic acid aerosol

    K. Stemmler;M. Ndour;Y. Elshorbany;J. Kleffmann

  • Photoenhanced uptake of NO2 on mineral dust: Laboratory experiments and model simulations

    Marieme Ndour;Barbara D'Anna;Christian George;Oumar Ka

  • Estimating the uptake of traffic-derived NO2 from 15N abundance in Norway spruce needles

    Markus Ammann;Rolf Siegwolf;F. Pichlmayer;Marianne Suter

  • The role of long-lived reactive oxygen intermediates in the reaction of ozone with aerosol particles

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Yulia Sosedova;Yulia Sosedova;Aurélie Rouvière;Hong Yang

  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume VI - heterogeneous reactions with liquid substrates

    Markus Ammann;Robert A. Cox;J.N. Crowley;Michael E. Jenkin

  • Heterogeneous reaction of NO2 on diesel soot particles

    Frank Arens;Lukas Gutzwiller;Urs Baltensperger;Heinz W. Gäggeler

  • The uptake of acidic gases on ice.

    Thomas Huthwelker;Markus Ammann;Thomas Peter

  • Effects of reversible adsorption and Langmuir–Hinshelwood surface reactions on gas uptake by atmospheric particles

    Markus Ammann;Ulrich Pöschl;Yinon Rudich

  • Significance of semivolatile diesel exhaust organics for secondary HONO formation.

    Lukas Gutzwiller;Frank Arens;Urs Baltensperger;Heinz W. Gäggeler

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz W. Gäggeler
Heinz W. Gäggeler Paul Scherrer Institute
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Christian George
Christian George Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Markus Kalberer
Markus Kalberer University of Basel
Manabu Shiraiwa
Manabu Shiraiwa University of California, Irvine
Andreas Türler
Andreas Türler University of Bern
Barbara D'Anna
Barbara D'Anna Aix-Marseille University
Hang Su
Hang Su Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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