Laboratory investigations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation and destruction in the circumstellar outflows of carbon stars

CS Contreras, F Salama - The Astrophysical Journal Supplement …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The formation and destruction mechanisms of interstellar dust analogs formed from a variety
of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and hydrocarbon molecular precursors are …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon growth in a benzene discharge explored by IR-UV action spectroscopy

AK Lemmens, DB Rap, S Brünken, WJ Buma… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Infrared signatures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are detected towards many
phases of stellar evolution. PAHs are major players in the carbon chemistry of the interstellar …

Gas-phase electronic spectra of C18 and C22 rings

AE Boguslavskiy, H Ding, JP Maier - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
The electronic spectra of C 18 and C 22 in the 15 150–36 900 cm− 1 range have been
detected in the gas phase by a mass-selective resonant two-color two-photon ionization …

Spectroscopic observation of the resonance-stabilized 1-phenylpropargyl radical

NJ Reilly, DL Kokkin, M Nakajima… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The gas-phase laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectrum of a 1-phenylpropargyl radical
has been identified in the region 20800− 22000 cm-1 in a free jet. The radical was produced …

Interconversion of methyltropyl and xylyl radicals: a pathway unavailable to the benzyl–tropyl rearrangement

NJ Reilly, G da Silva, CM Wilcox, Z Ge… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The products of an electrical discharge containing toluene are interrogated using resonance-
enhanced multiphoton ionization and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopies. A …

Experimental investigation of the Jahn-Teller effect in the ground and excited electronic states of the tropyl radical. Part II. Vibrational analysis of the ÃE3 ″2-X̃E2 ″2 …

I Sioutis, VL Stakhursky, G Tarczay… - The Journal of chemical …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Experimental investigation of the Jahn-Teller effect in the ground and excited electronic states of
the tropyl radical. Part II. Vibrational analysis of the ÃE3″2-X̃E2″2 electronic transition | The …

Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral C7H7 Isomers:  Benzyl and Tropyl

RG Satink, G Meijer, G von Helden - Journal of the American …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The gas-phase infrared absorption spectra of neutral benzyl and tropyl, isomers of formula
C7H7, have been measured in the 400− 1800 cm-1 spectral region. In addition, a quantum …

Plasma polymerization chemistry of unsaturated hydrocarbons: neutral species identification by mass spectrometry

X Gillon, L Houssiau - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Radio frequency discharges ignited in low-pressure and pure hydrocarbon gases were
investigated by mass spectrometry. The plasma process was applied to four unsaturated …

Photochemical and discharge-driven pathways to aromatic products from 1, 3-butadiene

JJ Newby, JA Stearns, CP Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A detailed study of the photochemical and discharge-driven pathways taken by gas-phase 1,
3-butadiene has been carried out. Photolysis or discharge excitation was initiated inside a …

Identification of the jet-cooled 1-indanyl radical by electronic spectroscopy

TP Troy, M Nakajima, N Chalyavi… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The electronic spectrum of the jet-cooled 1-indanyl radical has been identified in the
products of a hydrocarbon discharge in argon. Electronic excitation spectra were observed …