Icy grain mantles are the main reservoir of the volatile elements that link chemical processes
in dark, interstellar clouds with the formation of planets and the composition of their …

The interaction of water and surfaces, at molecular level, is of critical importance for
understanding processes such as corrosion, friction, catalysis and mass transport. The …

Many interstellar complex organic molecules (COMs) are believed to be produced on the
surfaces of icy grains at low temperatures. Atomic carbon is considered responsible for the …

Astrochemistry is the science that studies the chemistry in the Universe, namely the
combination of two fields: astronomy and chemistry. It started about fifty years ago and it has …

The carbon (3 P) atom is a reactive species that, according to laboratory experiments and
theoretical calculations, condensates with interstellar ice components. This fact is of …

Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is a relatively common molecule, often found in star-forming regions.
Recent studies suggest that it could be a parent molecule of several so-called interstellar …

The formation of protein precursors, due to the condensation of atomic carbon under the low-
temperature conditions of the molecular phases of the interstellar medium, opens alternative …

Simple and complex organic molecules (COMs) are observed along different phases of star
and planet formation and have been successfully identified in prestellar environments such …

The recent detection of ethanolamine (EtA, HOCH CH NH), a key component of
phospholipids, ie the building blocks of cell membranes, in the interstellar medium is in line …

The reactivity of interstellar carbon atoms (C) on water-dominated ices is one of the possible
ways to form interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs). In this work, we report a …