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Fields of interest:

• Nucleation in gas phase,
• Quantum nature of gas-to-cluster and cluster-to-bulk transitions,
• Computational quantum chemistry of atmopheric species,
• Non-linear diffusion and thermal conductivity in gases,
• Impact of  molecular and nano-scale processes on the evolution of meso-and macro-scaled systems.
  
  

Recent publications :

A.B. Nadykto, A.Al Natsheh, F. Yu, K.V. Mikkelsen and J. Herb:
Computational Quantum Chemistry: A New Approach to Atmospheric Nucleation,
Advances in Quantum Chemistry, Vol. 55, (2008), pp. 449-478.

A.B. Nadykto, F. Yu and J. Herb:
Towards understanding the sign preference in binary atmospheric nucleation,
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, DOI:10.1039/B807415A, (2008).

A.B. Nadykto and F. Yu:
Anomalously large difference in dipole moment of isomers with nearly identical thermodynamic stability,
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 112(31), (2008), pp. 7222–7226.

A.B. Nadykto, A. Al Natsheh, F. Yu, K.V. Mikkelsen, and J. Ruuskanen:
Comment on the Quantum nature of the sign preference in ion-induced nucleation, Reply,
Physical Review Letters,  Vol. 98, (2007), p. 109604.

A.B. Nadykto and F.Yu:
Strong hydrogen bonding between atmospheric nucleation precursors and common organics,
Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 435, (2007), pp. 1-3, 14-18.

A.B. Nadykto, A.Al. Natsheh, F. Yu, K.V. Mikkelsen and J.Ruuskanen:
Quantum nature of the sign preference in the ion-induced nucleation,
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 96, (2006) p. 125701.

A.B. Nadykto and F. Yu:
Simple correction to the classical theory of homogeneous nucleation,
J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 122, (2005), p. 104511.

A.B. Nadykto and F. Yu:
Dipole moment of condensing monomers: A new parameter controlling the ion-induced nucleation,
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 93, (2004), p. 016101.

A.B. Nadykto, E.R. Shchukin, M. Kulmala, K.E.J. Lehtinen and A. Laaksonen:
Evaporation and condensational growth of liquid droplets in nonisothermal gas mixtures,
Aerosol Sci. Tech., Vol. 37, (2003), pp. 315-324.

A.B. Nadykto and F. Yu:
Uptake of neutral polar vapour molecules by charged particles: Enhancement due to dipole-charge interaction,
J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108(D23), 4717, (2003), doi:10.1029/2003JD003664.