Coronenes, benzocoronenes and beyond: modern aspects of their syntheses, properties, and applications

S Kumar, YT Tao - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a variety of new designs of coronene‐based polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) with diverse functions have emerged to serve as complementary …

Contribution of the density-functional-based tight-binding scheme to the description of water clusters: methods, applications and extension to bulk systems

A Simon, M Rapacioli, E Michoulier, L Zheng… - Molecular …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review is dedicated to the application of the self-consistent-charge density-functional-
based tight-binding (SCC-DFTB) approach to describe the structures, energetics …

Water–Hydrocarbon Interactions in Anionic Pyrene Monohydrate

N LeMessurier, H Salzmann, R Leversee… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interactions between water and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are essential in many
aspects of chemistry, from interstellar and atmospheric processes to interfacial …

Structures and stabilities of PAH clusters solvated by water aggregates: The case of the pyrene dimer

H Leboucher, A Simon, M Rapacioli - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Although clusters made of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and water monomers are
relevant objects in both atmospheric and astrophysical science, little is known about their …

Indene energetic processing in ice mantles in the interstellar medium

B Maté, I Tanarro, RJ Peláez, J Cernicharo… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Indene, a small PAH, has been detected in the gas phase in the cold dense cloud
TMC-1. Due to the low temperature in the cloud, below indene condensation temperature, its …

Microhydration of PAH+ cations: evolution of hydration network in naphthalene+-(H 2 O) n clusters (n≤ 5)

K Chatterjee, O Dopfer - Chemical Science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The interaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules with water (H2O= W) is of
fundamental importance in chemistry and biology. Herein, size-selected microhydrated …

Influence of ice structure on the soft UV photochemistry of PAHs embedded in solid water

JA Noble, E Michoulier, C Aupetit, J Mascetti - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The UV photoreactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in porous
amorphous solid water has long been known to form both oxygenated photoproducts and …

Theoretical determination of adsorption and ionisation energies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on water ice

E Michoulier, NB Amor, M Rapacioli… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In dense interstellar environments, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are likely to
condense onto or integrate into water ice mantles covering dust grains. Understanding the …

Adsorption of PAHs on interstellar ice viewed by classical molecular dynamics

E Michoulier, JA Noble, A Simon, J Mascetti… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a family of molecules which represent the
best candidates to explain the observation of one set of features in the Interstellar Medium …

Probing the interaction between solid benzene and water using vacuum ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopy

A Dawes, N Pascual, NJ Mason, S Gärtner… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We present results of a combined vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) and infrared (IR)
photoabsorption study of amorphous benzene: water mixtures and layers to investigate the …