title: Indoor chemistry: research opportunities and challenges.
abstract: In this editorial, we have highlighted key research opportunities and challenges in four topical themes for indoor chemistry: human occupants as agents influencing indoor chemistry; oxidative chemistry; surface phenomena; and semivolatile organic compounds. In each case, enough prior work has been done to demonstrate the importance of the theme and to create a foundation for future studies. Extensive achievements and ongoing progress in (outdoor) atmospheric chemistry—both in the analytical methods developed and in the scientific knowledge created—also contribute to a strong foundation from which to achieve rapid research progress in this exciting new domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. nazaroff@ce.berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Nazaroff
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.|Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000737:chemistry; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013499:Surface Properties; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds