Publications

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In preparation / Under review

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    Machine learning-derived surface tension in climate models and its implications for CCN activation
    Wenxiang Shen, Xiaotian Xu*, Minghuai Wang*, and 3 more authors
    in prep, 2026
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    Wall-conditioned mixing controls liquid water and droplet number in a fan-stirred expansion cloud chamber: iSKYLAB warm-cloud experiments in AIDAd and bin-microphysics simulations
    Paul Connolly*, Bowen Zhu Portman, Nsikanabasi Silas Umo, and 10 more authors
    in prep, 2026
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    Diagnosing the Role of Mixing State in Biomass-Burning Aerosol Optical Properties Using Particle-Resolved Modeling
    Xiaotian Xu, Felipe A. Rivera-Adorno, Julius I. Ese, and 7 more authors
    under review for Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2026
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    Surfactant effects reshape the spatial pattern of aerosol-cloud forcing
    Xiaotian Xu, Fei Jiang, Jeffrey Curtis, and 3 more authors
    in prep, 2026

2026

  1. JGR Atmos.
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    Quantifying Black Carbon Mixing State Heterogeneity Using a Machine Learning Model
    Junchang Wang, Wenxiang Shen*, Minghuai Wang, and 10 more authors
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2026 [link]
  2. ACP
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    Compensating biases in CCN predictions from composition averaging and neglected surfactant effects
    Xiaotian Xu, Jeffrey Curtis, Matthew West, and 1 more author
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2026 [link]
  3. AST
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    Role of liquid-liquid phase separation-induced surface tension changes in cloud droplet activation
    Xiaotian Xu, Yu Yao, Yicen Liu, and 3 more authors
    Aerosol Science and Technology, 2026 [link]

Before PhD

  1. GMD
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    Modeling the high-mercury wet deposition in the southeastern US with WRF-GC-Hg v1. 0
    Xiaotian Xu, Xu Feng, Haipeng Lin, and 6 more authors
    Geoscientific Model Development, 2022 [link]
  2. ES&T Lett.
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    Substantial changes in nitrogen dioxide and ozone after excluding meteorological impacts during the COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China
    Yanbin Zhao, Kun Zhang*, Xiaotian Xu, and 5 more authors
    Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020 [link] [Best ES&T Letters Papers in 2020]
  3. Atmos. Res.
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    Characterization of size-resolved urban haze particles collected in summer and winter at Taiyuan City, China using quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis
    Hong Geng*, Chunsong Jin, Dongpeng Zhang, and 6 more authors
    Atmospheric Research, 2017 [link]
  4. J. Anhui Agric. Sci.
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    Influences of Biomass and Coal Burning on Ambient Fine Particulate Matter over Taiyuan City
    Yuan Zhang, Hong Geng*, Dongpeng Zhang, and 5 more authors
    Journal of Anhui Agriculture Science, 2016 [link]