Stacked clusters of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules

M Rapacioli, F Calvo, F Spiegelman… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Clusters of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules are modeled using explicit all-
atom potentials using a rigid-body approximation. The considered range of PAHs goes from …

On-line database of the spectral properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

G Malloci, C Joblin, G Mulas - Chemical physics, 2007 - Elsevier
We present an on-line database of computed molecular properties for a large sample of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in four charge states:− 1, 0,+ 1, and+ 2. At present our …

Hydrogenation and charge states of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in diffuse clouds. II. Results

V Le Page, TP Snow, VM Bierbaum - The Astrophysical Journal, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We have modeled the states of hydrogenation and charge of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in diffuse clouds for molecules ranging from benzene up to species …

Survival of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon knockout fragments in the interstellar medium

M Gatchell, J Ameixa, MC Ji, MH Stockett… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Laboratory studies play a crucial role in understanding the chemical nature of the interstellar
medium (ISM), but the disconnect between experimental timescales and the timescales of …

Catalyzed routes to molecular hydrogen formation and hydrogen addition reactions on neutral polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under interstellar conditions

E Rauls, L Hornekær - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present first-principle calculations which reveal the existence of low-barrier routes to
molecular hydrogen formation on the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecule …

Probing computational methodologies in predicting mid-infrared spectra for large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

B Kerkeni, I García-Bernete… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We extend the prediction of vibrational spectra to large sized polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules comprising up to∼ 1500 carbon atoms by evaluating the …

Infrared spectroscopy of matrix-isolated polycyclic aromatic compounds and their ions. 6. Polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycles

AL Mattioda, DM Hudgins… - The Journal of …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The matrix-isolation technique has been employed to measure the mid-infrared spectra of
several polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycles in both neutral and cationic forms. The …

Infrared Emission from Interstellar Dust. III. The Small Magellanic Cloud

A Li, BT Draine - The Astrophysical Journal, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The infrared emission from interstellar dust in the Small Magellanic Cloud is modeled using
a mixture of amorphous silicate and carbonaceous grains, including a population of …

Molecular hydrogen formation catalyzed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium

V Le Page, TP Snow, VM Bierbaum - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an alternate model for the formation of molecular hydrogen in the interstellar
medium (ISM) where polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) cations may play a key role as …

Formation of H2 from internally heated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Excitation energy dependence

T Chen, M Gatchell, MH Stockett, R Delaunay… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We have investigated the effectiveness of molecular hydrogen (H 2) formation from
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are internally heated by collisions with keV …