Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks

SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

Thermal desorption of interstellar ices: A review on the controlling parameters and their implications from snowlines to chemical complexity

M Minissale, Y Aikawa, E Bergin, M Bertin… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The evolution of star-forming regions and their thermal balance are strongly influenced by
their chemical composition, which, in turn, is determined by the physicochemical processes …

CO destruction in protoplanetary disk midplanes: Inside versus outside the CO snow surface

AD Bosman, C Walsh, EF van Dishoeck - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. The total gas mass is one of the most fundamental properties of disks around young
stars, because it controls their evolution and their potential to form planets. To measure disk …

Thermophysical evolution of planetesimals in the primordial disc

BJR Davidsson - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The primordial disc of small icy planetesimals, once located at 15–from the Sun, was
disrupted by giant planet migration in the early Solar system. The primordial disc thereby …

Binding energies of interstellar relevant S-bearing species on water ice mantles: a quantum mechanical investigation

J Perrero, J Enrique-Romero, S Ferrero… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Binding energies (BEs) are one of the most important parameters for astrochemical
modeling determining, because they govern whether a species stays in the gas phase or is …

Depletion of gaseous CO in protoplanetary disks by surface-energy-regulated ice formation

D Powell, P Gao, R Murray-Clay, X Zhang - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Empirical constraints of fundamental properties of protoplanetary disks are essential for
understanding planet formation and planetary properties,. Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is …

Theoretical computations on the efficiency of acetaldehyde formation on interstellar icy grains

J Enrique-Romero, C Ceccarelli, A Rimola… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Interstellar grains are known to be important actors in the formation of interstellar
molecules such as H 2, water, ammonia, and methanol. It has been suggested that the so …

Measurements of diffusion of volatiles in amorphous solid water: application to interstellar medium environments

J He, SM Emtiaz, G Vidali - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The diffusion of atoms and molecules in ices covering dust grains in dense clouds in
interstellar space is an important but poorly characterized step in the formation of complex …

Density and Refractive Index of Carbon Monoxide Ice at Different Temperatures

R Luna, C Millán, M Domingo, C Santonja… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper is intended to study the density and the refractive index of the solid carbon
monoxide in the interval 13–28 K to improve our understanding of the dynamics in the …

Modeling CO2 adsorption dynamics within solid amine sorbent based on the fundamental diffusion-reaction processes

K Ge, Q Yu, S Chen, X Shi, J Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
A rigorous dynamic adsorption model, considering the realistic diffusion-reaction processes
of CO 2 adsorption onto the amine functionalized mesoporous silica, was proposed in this …