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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2632
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2632
05 Jan 2024
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Measurement Report: Effects of transition metal ions on the optical properties of humic-like substances revealing structural preference 

Juanjuan Qin, Leiming Zhang, Yuanyuan Qin, Shaoxuan Shi, Jingnan Li, Zhao Shu, Yuwei Gao, Ting Qi, Jihua Tan, and Xinming Wang

Abstract. Humic-like substances (HULIS) are complex macromolecules in water-soluble organic compounds containing multiple functional groups, and transition metal ions (TMs) are ubiquitous in atmospheric particles. In this study, potential physical and chemical interactions between HULIS and four TM species including Cu2+, Mn2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+ were analyzed by optical method under acidic, weakly acidic and neutral conditions. The results showed that Cu2+, Mn2+, and Zn2+ only slightly enhanced mass absorption efficiency (MAE365) of HULIS in winter, and had indiscernible effects on absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) of HULIS in both seasons under all acidity conditions. All four TMs had fluorescence quenching effects on winter HULIS, and only Cu2+ had similar effects on summer HULIS, with the highest quenching coefficients found under weakly acidic condition in both seasons. The 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra revealed that Cu2+ mainly bound with aromatic species and tightened the molecule structures of HULIS. The parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) results extracted four components of HULIS, including low-oxidized humic-like substances (C1), N-containing compounds (C2), highly-oxidized humic-like substances (C3), and the mixing residentials (C4), from the fluorescence spectra in both winter and summer. The divergent variations of HULIS spectral components with Cu2+ additions under three acidity conditions indicated that electron-donating groups of HULIS mainly corresponded to C1 and C3, with Cu2+ binding with HULIS by replacing proton, while electron-withdrawing groups of HULIS could correspond to C2, with its connection with Cu2+ through electrostatic adsorption or colliding induced energy transfer.

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04 Jul 2024
Measurement report: Effects of transition metal ions on the optical properties of humic-like substances (HULIS) reveal a structural preference – a case study of PM2.5 in Beijing, China
Juanjuan Qin, Leiming Zhang, Yuanyuan Qin, Shaoxuan Shi, Jingnan Li, Zhao Shu, Yuwei Gao, Ting Qi, Jihua Tan, and Xinming Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7575–7589, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7575-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7575-2024, 2024
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The present research unveiled that acidity dominants, while transition metal ions harmonize, the...
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