OXIDATION AND REPLACEMENT OF OLEIC ACID AT THE AIR/WATER INTERFACE TO UNDERSTAND FAT-COATED AEROSOLS Laura F. Voss, Kandice L. Harper, Gang Ma, Christopher M. Hadad, & Heather C. Allen Department of Chemistry The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Funding Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry NSF-ATM NSF-Ohio State EMSI NSF-CHE CAREER Beckman Young Investigator Award
3.3 billion metric tons of salt spray enters the atmosphere yearly Inverse micelle first proposed by Gill et al. (1983), furthered by Ellison, Tuck, & Vaida (1999) Field samples of marine and continental aerosols collected and analyzed by Tervahattu et al. (2002, 2005) Dobson et al., PNAS., 97, 11864, 2000 Fat-Coated Aerosols Tervahattu et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D7, 4053, 2002; D16, 4319, 2002.
TOF-SIMS Analysis of Coated Aerosols C 16 C 18 palmitic acid cis-oleic acid Tervahattu et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D7, 4053, 2002.
Oleic Acid Monolayers Studied using sum frequency generation spectroscopy Oxidation of oleic acid by ozone Replacement of oxidation products by less soluble species
Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy 2 ps, fs, IR 800nm + IR = sum 300 cm - 1 bandwidth spectrum from every laser pulse ground state IR excited state virtual state Energy
Coupling BBSFG with Langmuir trough allows simultaneous collection of spectroscopic and thermodynamic data. Langmuir Isotherms
Concurrent Langmuir Isotherm & SFG: Oleic Acid
Oleic Acid Compression Snapshots
Oleic Acid Monolayer
R1R1 R2R2
+ + · · · · · · · · · · + · · oleic acid primary ozonide nonanal oxononanoic acid (a) (b) (a) (b) azelaic acid octanoic acid nonanoic acid
Oleic Acid-Ozone Reaction Snapshots T=0 min T=1 min T=10 min T=2 min T=30 min CH 2 SS CH 3 SS CH 3 FR CH 2 FR R1R1 R2R2 Voss et al., J. Geophys. Res. submitted
Oleic Acid Oxidation on 0.6 M NaCl T=0 min T=1 min T=10 min T=2 min T=30 min CH 2 SS CH 3 SS CH 3 FR CH 2 FR R1R1 R2R2
nonanoic acidoctanoic acidazelaic acid nonanal9-oxononanoic acid productsolubility in water, g/L nonanal0.096 nonanoic acid0.28 octanoic acid0.79 azelaic acid2.4 9-oxononanoic acid 19 Oleic Acid-Ozone Reaction Products
nonanal oleic acid monolayer after 2 minute of ozone Nonanal vs. Oxidation of Oleic Acid
oleic acid monolayer after 1 minute of ozone oleic acid monolayer in disordered liquid state Compression Data vs. Oxidation of Oleic Acid
Oleic Acid-Ozone Reaction
Oleic Acid Monolayer Replaces d 31 -Palmitic Acid Monolayer
Monolayer Replacement Voss et al., J. Chem. Phys. B. submitted
Monolayer Replacement Voss et al., J. Chem. Phys. B. submitted After Oxidation
d 31 -Palmitic Acid Monolayer Reforms
Conclusions No spectroscopic evidence of oxidation products at the air/water interface Least soluble surfactants at interface Dissolved surfactants replace reaction products Results same on 0.6 molar sodium chloride solution
Acknowledgements Funding Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry NSF-ATM NSF-Ohio State EMSI NSF-CHE CAREER Beckman Young Investigator Award Jeremy Beck Mohamad F. Bazerbashi Allen Group Hadad Group