The route by which gas-phase molecules in hydrocarbon flames form condensed-phase
carbonaceous nanoparticles (incipient soot) is reviewed. These products of incomplete …

Aromatic hydrocarbons are important components of petroleum-based transportation fuels,
biomass, coal, and solid waste, etc. The reaction kinetics of aromatic hydrocarbons largely …

We report the detection, for the first time in space, of a new non-functionalised hydrocarbon
cycle in the direction of TMC-1: oC 6 H 4 (ortho-benzyne). We derive a column density for …

Combustion involves chemical reactions that are often highly exothermic. Combustion
systems utilize the energy of chemical compounds released during this reactive process for …

Photoelectron spectroscopy has long been a powerful method in the toolbox of experimental
physical chemistry and molecular physics. Recent improvements in coincidence methods …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play an important role in chemistry both in the
terrestrial setting and in the interstellar medium. Various, albeit often inefficient, chemical …

In various astronomical environments such as the interstellar medium or (exo) planetary
atmospheres, an interplay of bottom-up growth and top-down destruction processes of …

The chemistry of ortho-benzyne (o-C6H4) is of fundamental importance due to its role as an
essential molecular building block in molecular-weight growth reactions. Here, we report on …

Abstract α-Methyl-naphthalene plays an important role as a functional material in
petrochemical industries and as a precursor of soot particles. The formation chemistry of …

The electronic structure of biradicals is characterized by the presence of two unpaired
electrons in degenerate or near‐degenerate molecular orbitals. In particular, some of the …