Atmospheric chemistry: Glasses in the sky.

The article reports on the study conducted by Thomas Koop and colleagues of the Bielefeld University regarding the glass formation of various solutions in Germany. Researchers investigated the glass formations in various solutions under realistic atmospheric conditions in the laboratory and found that aerosol particles enriched with large organic molecules and are most likely to form glasses at low temperatures and high relative humidity. They concluded that modeling studies should be used to assess the regional and global impact of atmospheric glass formation.