Catalytic/protective properties of martian minerals and implications for possible origin of life on Mars

T Fornaro, A Steele, JR Brucato - Life, 2018 - mdpi.com
Minerals might have played critical roles for the origin and evolution of possible life forms on
Mars. The study of the interactions between the “building blocks of life” and minerals …

On the formation of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium: untangling the chemical complexity of carbon monoxide–hydrocarbon containing ice …

MJ Abplanalp, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, over 200 molecules have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM), with
about one third being complex organic molecules (COMs), molecules containing six or more …

On the formation and the isomer specific detection of methylacetylene (CH 3 CCH), propene (CH 3 CHCH 2), cyclopropane (cC 3 H 6), vinylacetylene (CH 2 CHCCH) …

MJ Abplanalp, S Góbi, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Pure methane (CH4) ices processed by energetic electrons under ultra-high vacuum
conditions to simulate secondary electrons formed via galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) …

Untangling the methane chemistry in interstellar and solar system ices toward ionizing radiation: a combined infrared and reflectron time-of-flight analysis

MJ Abplanalp, BM Jones, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Pure methane (CH4/CD4) ices were exposed to three ionizing radiation sources at 5.5 K
under ultrahigh vacuum conditions to compare the complex hydrocarbon spectrum …

Controlled self-release of ClO2 as an encapsulated antimicrobial agent for smart packaging

H Kim, J Lee, K Sadeghi, J Seo - Innovative Food Science & Emerging …, 2021 - Elsevier
Facilitating the use of ClO 2 gas in retail applications can improve the shelf life of produce
and overcome the application limits of this gas. Moreover, the controlled release of ClO 2 …

Implications for extraterrestrial hydrocarbon chemistry: Analysis of acetylene (C2H2) and D2-acetylene (C2D2) ices exposed to ionizing radiation via ultraviolet–visible …

MJ Abplanalp, RI Kaiser - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The processing of the simple hydrocarbon ice, acetylene (C 2 H 2/C 2 D 2), via energetic
electrons, thus simulating the processes in the track of galactic cosmic-ray particles …

Organic based additives impact on thermal behavior of ammonium perchlorate: Superior 4, 4′‐bipyridine versus inferior biphenyl

S Salehi, A Eslami - Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For the first time, the thermal decomposition behavior of heterogeneous mixtures of
ammonium perchlorate (AP) with two organic additives–4, 4'‐Bipyridine, and biphenyl–were …

Formation of hydroxylamine in low-temperature interstellar model ices

YA Tsegaw, S Góbi, M Förstel… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We irradiated binary ice mixtures of ammonia (NH3) and oxygen (O2) ices at astrophysically
relevant temperatures of 5.5 K with energetic electrons to mimic the energy transfer process …

Permeation of photochemically-generated gaseous chlorine dioxide on Mars as a significant factor in destroying subsurface organic compounds

J Newmark, SP Kounaves - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
It has been shown that ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is responsible for the destruction of organic
compounds on the surface of Mars. When combined with the photochemically-driven …

A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization study on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

S Góbi, L Zhao, B Xu, U Ablikim, M Ahmed… - Chemical Physics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis products of ammonium perchlorate (NH 4 ClO 4) at 483 K were monitored on line
and in situ via single photon photoionization reflectron time-of-flight spectrometry (PI-ReTOF …