Probing the Freezing Chemistry of Singly Levitated Aqueous Trifluoroacetic Acid Droplets in a Cryogenically Cooled Simulation Chamber Relevant to Earth’s Upper Troposphere

Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5SC01698C, Edge Article Koushik Mondal, Souvick Biswas, Nils Wrangell Melbourne, Rui Sun, Ralf I. Kaiser Trifluoroacetic acid (CF3COOH, TFA), the primary upper terrestrial atmosphere degradation product of several fluorinated hydrocarbons primarily used as refrigerants, poses a significant environmental challenge due to its growing atmospheric accumulation...