“…Aqueous-phase oxidation has received considerable attention as a potential formation pathway for highly oxidized organic aerosol (Ervens et al, 2011;Lim et al, 2010). The oxidation of organic species in the aqueous phase has recently been investigated in the laboratory for a range of water-soluble species, including small carbonyls (Altieri et al, 2008;Carlton et al, 2007;Kirkland et al, 2013;Perri et al, 2009Perri et al, , 2010Tan et al, 2009Tan et al, , 2010, isoprene and its oxidation products (Altieri et al, 2006;Kameel et al, 2013;Liu et al, 2012a;Renard et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2010), and phenolic compounds (Smith et al, 2014;Sun et al, 2010). Such bulk-phase studies have clearly demonstrated that aqueous-phase oxidation, when it occurs, can lead to the rapid formation of highly oxidized organic species.…”