Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks

SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

Hexafluorophosphate anion intercalation into graphite electrode from methyl propionate

H Fan, L Qi, H Wang - Solid State Ionics, 2017 - Elsevier
The electrochemical intercalation of hexafluorophosphate anion into a graphite positive
electrode from methyl propionate (MP) has been investigated by conventional …

Testing densities and refractive indices of extraterrestrial ice components using molecular structures—organic compounds and molar refractions

RL Hudson, MJ Loeffler, RF Ferrante… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of infrared spectra to determine molecular abundances of icy astronomical objects
and to study their chemistry requires laboratory measurements of reference spectra and …

Carboxylate ester-based electrolytes for Na-ion batteries

Y Qin, SG Choi, L Mason, J Liu, Z Li, T Gao - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) is a promising technology for next-generation energy storage.
However, their performance is limited at low temperatures due to the inferior bulk and …

Ammonia snow lines and ammonium salts desorption

F Kruczkiewicz, J Vitorino, E Congiu, P Theulé… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The nitrogen reservoir in planetary systems is a long-standing problem. Some of
the N-bearing molecules are probably incorporated into the ice bulk during the cold phases …

Infrared intensities of methyl acetate, an interstellar compound-comparisons of three organic esters

YY Yarnall, RL Hudson - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mid-infrared (IR) spectra of the simplest aliphatic esters have been studied in the past in
the solid, liquid, and gas phases with an emphasis on vibrational frequencies and peak …

Rydberg transitions as a probe for structural changes and phase transition at polymer surfaces: an ATR-FUV-DUV and quantum chemical study of poly (3 …

KB Beć, Y Morisawa, K Kobashi, J Grabska… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated the surface (< 50 nm) of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) and its
nanocomposite with graphene by attenuated total reflection far-and deep-ultraviolet (ATR …

Methyl acetate and its singly deuterated isotopomers in the interstellar medium

A Das, L Majumdar, D Sahu, P Gorai… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Methyl acetate (${\mathrm {CH}} _ {3}{\mathrm {COOCH}} _ {3} $) has been
recently observed by the IRAM 30 m radio telescope in Orion, though the presence of its …

Surface science studies of the coverage dependent adsorption of methyl acetate and methyl propanoate on graphite

JE Fulker, WA Brown - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected in a wide range of astrophysical
environments, including the interstellar medium, comets and proto-planetary disks. The icy …

Infrared band strengths for amorphous and crystalline methyl propionate, a candidate interstellar molecule

RL Hudson, EF Mullikin - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mid-infrared spectra of amorphous and crystalline methyl propionate, CH 3 CH 2 COOCH 3,
are presented for the first time from a single laboratory, along with measurements of the …