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Optical Properties and Direct Radiative Forcing of Airborne Tire Wear Particles

Research Square 2026
Polymers

Tire wear particles (TWPs), an emerging anthropogenic micro- and nanoplastic aerosol, are carbon-containing and light-absorbing. Yet the radiative forcing of TWPs has been difficult to assess due to the lack of optical property data. Here, our calculations based on valence electron energy loss...

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