10.1021/ja045552m.s001
Martina Roeselová
Martina
Roeselová
John Vieceli
John
Vieceli
Liem X. Dang
Liem X.
Dang
Bruce C. Garrett
Bruce C.
Garrett
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J.
Tobias
Hydroxyl Radical at the Air−Water Interface
American Chemical Society
2004
water surface
300 K
aerosol particles
OH chemistry
bulk water
dynamics computer simulations
water droplets
chemical processes
surface concentration
energy profile
hydroxyl
interface
300 K exhibits
water films
OH radicals
mass accommodation coefficients
Hydroxyl Radical
2004-12-22 00:00:00
Journal contribution
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Hydroxyl_Radical_at_the_Air_Water_Interface/3311209
Interaction of the hydroxyl radical with the liquid water surface was studied using classical molecular dynamics computer simulations. From a series of scattering trajectories, the thermal and mass accommodation coefficients of OH on liquid water at 300 K were determined to be 0.95 and 0.83, respectively. The calculated free energy profile for transfer of OH across the air−water interface at 300 K exhibits a minimum in the interfacial region, with the free energy of adsorbtion (Δ<i>G</i><sub>a</sub>) being about 1 kcal/mol more negative than the hydration free energy (Δ<i>G</i><sub>s</sub>). The propensity of the hydroxyl radical for the air−water interface manifests itself in partitioning of OH radicals between the bulk water and the surface. The enhancement of the surface concentration of OH relative to its concentration in the aqueous phase suggests that important OH chemistry may be occurring in the interfacial layer of water droplets, aqueous aerosol particles, and thin water films adsorbed on solid surfaces. This has profound consequences for modeling heterogeneous atmospheric chemical processes.