Atmospheric aerosols greatly impact human health and the earth's climate.(1; 2) These particles cause severe respiratory illnesses and influence the energy flux (radiative forcing) of the atmosphere. In the latter case, the thermal effects brought on by aerosols on global climate contribute to some of the largest uncertainties in anthropogenic radiative forcing (as shown in Figure ), and impact the accuracy of existing climate models.(5; 6) Aerosols scatter incoming solar radiation (direct effect) or seed clouds that increase earth's albedo (indirect effect), and have a net cooling effect on global temperature. While ) and .