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Paul W. Seakins is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science. The scope of their work extends into related subfields including Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

The scientist's research concerns a range of topics, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Their recent publications reflect contributions to atmospheric chemistry and related methodologies. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Extensive field evidence for the release of HONO from the photolysis of nitrate aerosols," published in 2023 in Science Advances
  • "New Approach to the Detection of Short-Lived Radical Intermediates," published in 2022 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Implementation of a chemical background method for atmospheric OH measurements by laser-induced fluorescence: characterisation and observations from the UK and China," published in 2020 in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "CH2OO Criegee intermediate UV absorption cross-sections and kinetics of CH2OO + CH2OO and CH2OO + I as a function of pressure," published in 2020 in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Kinetics of the gas phase reaction of the Criegee intermediate CH2OO with SO2 as a function of temperature," published in 2021 in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paul W. Seakins include:

  • Mark A. Blitz
  • Dwayne E. Heard
  • Daniel Stone
  • Lavinia Onel
  • Thomas H. Speak

The publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Faraday Discussions
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • JACS Au

Best Publications

  • Kinetics of CH2OO reactions with SO2, NO2, NO, H2O and CH3CHO as a function of pressure

    Daniel Stone;Mark Blitz;Laura Daubney;Neil U. M. Howes

  • Kinetics and thermochemistry of R + hydrogen bromide .dblarw. RH + bromine atom reactions: determinations of the heat of formation of ethyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl and tert-butyl radicals

    Paul W. Seakins;Paul W. Seakins;Michael J. Pilling;Michael J. Pilling;Jukka T. Niiranen;Jukka T. Niiranen;David Gutman

  • OH and HO2 radical chemistry in a forested region of north-western Greece

    N Carslaw;D.J Creasey;D Harrison;D.E Heard

  • Measurement and modelling of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry in the U.K. West Midlands conurbation: Overview of the PUMA Consortium project

    R.M. Harrison;J. Yin;R.M. Tilling;X. Cai

  • Direct evidence for a substantive reaction between the Criegee intermediate, CH2OO, and the water vapour dimer

    Tom R. Lewis;Mark A. Blitz;Dwayne E. Heard;Paul W. Seakins

  • High levels of the hydroxyl radical in the winter urban troposphere

    D. E. Heard;L. J. Carpenter;L. J. Carpenter;D. J. Creasey;J. R. Hopkins;J. R. Hopkins

  • Extensive field evidence for the release of HONO from the photolysis of nitrate aerosols

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  • Reporting the sensitivity of laser-induced fluorescence instruments used for HO 2 detection to an interference from RO 2 radicals and introducing a novel approach that enables HO 2 and certain RO 2 types to be selectively measured

    L. K. Whalley;M. A. Blitz;M. Desservettaz;P. W. Seakins

  • The essential role for laboratory studies in atmospheric chemistry

    James B. Burkholder;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;Ian Barnes;James M. Roberts

  • Interception of excited vibrational quantum states by O2 in atmospheric association reactions.

    David R. Glowacki;James Lockhart;Mark A. Blitz;Stephen J. Klippenstein

  • Kinetic and thermochemical study of the silyl + hydrogen bromide .dblharw. silane + bromine atom and silyl + hydrogen iodide .dblharw. silane + iodine atom equilibria

    J. A. Seetula;Y. Feng;D. Gutman;P. W. Seakins

  • Branching ratios in reactions of OH radicals with methylamine, dimethylamine, and ethylamine.

    Lavinia Onel;Mark Blitz;Matthew Dryden;Lucy Thonger

  • Measurements of OH and HO 2 yields from the gas phase ozonolysis of isoprene

    T. L. Malkin;A. Goddard;D. E. Heard;P. W. Seakins

  • Kinetics of the unimolecular decomposition of isopropyl: weak collision effects in helium, argon, and nitrogen

    P. W. Seakins;P. W. Seakins;S. H. Robertson;S. H. Robertson;M. J. Pilling;M. J. Pilling;I. R. Slagle

  • A simplified apparatus for ambient formaldehyde detection via GC-pHID

    J.R. Hopkins;T. Still;S. Al-Haider;I.R. Fisher

  • Peroxy radical chemistry and the control of ozone photochemistry at Mace Head, Ireland during the summer of 2002

    Zoe L. Fleming;Paul S. Monks;Andrew R. Rickard;Andrew R. Rickard;Dwayne E. Heard

  • A laser flash photolysis/time-resolved FTIR emission study of a new channel in the reaction of methyl + oxygen atom: production of carbon monoxide(v)

    Paul W. Seakins;Stephen R. Leone

  • Ambient isoprene and monoterpene concentrations in a Greek fir (Abies Borisii-regis) forest. Reconciliation with emissions measurements and effects on measured OH concentrations

    D. Harrison;M.C. Hunter;A.C. Lewis;P.W. Seakins

  • Analysis of the kinetics and yields of OH radical production from the CH3OCH2 + O2 reaction in the temperature range 195-650 K: an experimental and computational study.

    A. J. Eskola;S. A. Carr;R. J. Shannon;B. Wang

  • Elementary radical reactions and autoignition

    Michael J. Pilling;Struan H. Robertson;Paul W. Seakins

  • Direct studies on the decomposition of the tert-butoxy radical and its reaction with NO

    M Blitz;M J. Pilling;S H. Robertson;P W. Seakins

  • Comparison of OH reactivity measurements in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR

    Hendrik Fuchs;Anna Novelli;Michael Rolletter;Andreas Hofzumahaus

  • Ambient formaldehyde measurements made at a remote marine boundary layer site during the NAMBLEX campaign – a comparison of data from chromatographic and modified Hantzsch techniques

    T. J. Still;S. Al-Haider;P. W. Seakins;R. Sommariva

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Blitz
Mark A. Blitz University of Leeds
Michael J. Pilling
Michael J. Pilling University of Leeds
Dwayne E. Heard
Dwayne E. Heard University of Leeds
Alastair C. Lewis
Alastair C. Lewis University of York
James R. Hopkins
James R. Hopkins University of York
Andrew R. Rickard
Andrew R. Rickard University of York
James D. Lee
James D. Lee University of York
James B. McQuaid
James B. McQuaid University of Leeds
John M. C. Plane
John M. C. Plane University of Leeds
William J. Bloss
William J. Bloss University of Birmingham

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