The interstellar medium is characterized by a rich and diverse chemistry. Many of its
complex organic molecules are proposed to form through radical chemistry in icy grain …

Since we intend to review experimental and theoretical studies of physicochemical
processes occurring on cosmic dust grains in very cold regions in space, we start with a brief …

It was in 'The Magellanic Cloud'(1955)–a science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem–that
engineers travelling to another star noticed that their spacecraft for unknown reasons …

This paper presents Spitzer IRS\lambda/\Delta\lambda\sim 600 spectroscopy of the CO 2
15.2 μm bending mode toward 50 embedded young low-mass stars, taken mostly from the …

Chemical reactions on the surface of cosmic ice dust play an important role in chemical
evolution in space. Among the many kinds of molecules observed, the abundances of some …

Amino acids have been identified in carbonaceous chondrites, but their origin is yet
unknown. Previous work has shown that a variety of amino acids can be formed via …

The detection of molecules on the coldest and outermost objects in our Solar System has
long been limited by the terrestrial atmosphere and sensitivity of the available …

More than 140 different molecules have been identified in the interstellar medium (ISM) to
date. Dust grain particles are also found in the ISM, and some of these molecules freeze out …

At the high densities and low temperatures found in star-forming regions, all molecules other
than H 2 should stick on dust grains on timescales shorter than the cloud lifetimes. Yet these …

Context. Methanol is a common component of interstellar and circumstellar ice mantles and
is often used as an evolution indicator in star-forming regions. The observations of gas …