A cluster is an aggregate of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a
molecule and a bulk solid. Clusters of a variety of molecules are receiving increasing …

Laboratory studies of the radiation chemistry occurring in astrophysical ices have
demonstrated the dependence of this chemistry on a number of experimental parameters …

Infrared transmission spectra from 4000 to 400 cm− 1, and associated band strengths and
absorption coefficients, are presented for the first time for both amorphous and crystalline N …

We present novel measurements of the refractive index, density and integrated band
strengths of mid-infrared features of solid N2O at 16K and of NO2 and N2O4 in two frozen …

Icy dust grains in space act as catalytic surfaces onto which complex molecules form. These
molecules are synthesized through exothermic reactions from precursor radicals and …

Dust grains in the interstellar medium are known to serve as the first chemical laboratory
where the rich inventory of interstellar molecules are synthesized. Here we present a study …

Thermal diffusion and recombination control the kinetics of photochemical reactions of
reactive radicals formed by ultraviolet photon irradiation in interstellar ices. Here, we show …

Nitrous oxide, N2O, is found in the interstellar medium associated with dense molecular
clouds and its abundance is explained by active chemistry occurring on N2 rich ice surfaces …

As of early 2022, only six species bearing an N–O bond have been detected toward cold
molecular clouds and regions of star formation. It is not clear yet if the small number of N–O …

N2O is a classic prototype, in which central nitrogen is sufficiently electropositive with a
positive potential of 20 kcal mol–1 in magnitude to qualify it as a possible pnicogen. This …