Water adsorption and dynamics on graphene and other 2D materials: computational and experimental advances

M Sacchi, A Tamtögl - Advances in physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Dust growth and evolution in protoplanetary disks

T Birnstiel - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, advancement of observational capabilities, specifically the Atacama
Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast …

Surface diffusion of carbon atoms as a driver of interstellar organic chemistry

M Tsuge, G Molpeceres, Y Aikawa, N Watanabe - Nature Astronomy, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Abundant ammonium hydrosulphide embedded in cometary dust grains

K Altwegg, M Combi, SA Fuselier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ammonium hydrosulphide has long since been postulated to exist at least in certain layers
of the giant planets. Its radiation products may be the reason for the red colour seen on …

Overview of desorption parameters of volatile and complex organic molecules-A systematic dig through the experimental literature

NFW Ligterink, M Minissale - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Many molecules observed in the interstellar medium are thought to result from the
thermal desorption of ices. Parameters such as the desorption energy and pre-exponential …

N-bearing complex organics toward high-mass protostars-Constant ratios pointing to formation in similar pre-stellar conditions across a large mass range

P Nazari, JD Meijerhof, ML van Gelder… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Complex organic species are known to be abundant toward low-and high-mass
protostars. No statistical study of these species toward a large sample of high-mass …

Atmospheric recycling of volatiles by pebble-accreting planets

Y Wang, CW Ormel, P Huang… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Planets, embedded in their natal discs, harbour hot envelopes. When pebbles are accreted
by these planets, the contained volatile components may sublimate, enriching the envelope …

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 …

Theoretical distribution of the ammonia binding energy at interstellar icy grains: a new computational framework

L Tinacci, A Germain, S Pantaleone… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The binding energies (BE) of molecules on the interstellar grains are crucial in the chemical
evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM). Both temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) …

A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices-The edge-on protoplanetary disk HH 48 NE, seen with the Ice Age ERS program

JA Sturm, MK McClure, TL Beck, D Harsono… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Ices are the main carriers of volatiles in protoplanetary disks and are crucial to our
understanding of the protoplanetary disk chemistry that ultimately sets the organic …