Experimental investigation on the formation of carbon-bearing molecules in the interstellar medium via neutral− neutral reactions

RI Kaiser - Chemical Reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
The physical and chemical processes leading to the formation of molecules in the interstellar
medium (ISM) sthe vast voids between the starssfascinated scientists since the first detection …

Reaction dynamics in astrochemistry: Low-temperature pathways to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium

RI Kaiser, DSN Parker, AM Mebel - Annual Review of Physical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Bimolecular reactions of phenyl-type radicals with the C4 and C5 hydrocarbons
vinylacetylene and (methyl-substituted) 1, 3-butadiene have been found to synthesize …

Untangling the chemical evolution of Titan's atmosphere and surface–from homogeneous to heterogeneous chemistry

RI Kaiser, P Maksyutenko, C Ennis, F Zhang… - Faraday …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article, we first explored the chemical dynamics of simple diatomic radicals (dicarbon,
methylidyne) utilizing the crossed molecular beams method. This versatile experimental …

On the formation of nitrogen-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) in circumstellar and interstellar environments

DSN Parker, RI Kaiser - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemical evolution of extraterrestrial environments leads to the formation of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) via gas phase radical mediated aromatization reactions. We …

Elementary reactions and their role in gas-phase prebiotic chemistry

N Balucani - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2009 - mdpi.com
The formation of complex organic molecules in a reactor filled with gaseous mixtures
possibly reproducing the primitive terrestrial atmosphere and ocean demonstrated more …

Reaction dynamics of carbon-bearing radicals in circumstellar envelopes of carbon stars

X Gu, Y Guo, F Zhang, AM Mebel, RI Kaiser - Faraday discussions, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Crossed molecular beams experiments on dicarbon molecules, C2 (X1Σ+ g/a3Πu), with
unsaturated hydrocarbons acetylene (C2H2 (X1Σ+ g)), ethylene (C2H4 (X1Ag)) …

A crossed molecular beam study on the reaction of methylidyne radicals [CH (X 2 Π)] with acetylene [C 2 H 2 (X 1 Σ g+)]—competing C 3 H 2+ H and C 3 H+ H 2 …

P Maksyutenko, F Zhang, X Gu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We carried out the crossed molecular beam reaction of ground state methylidyne radicals,
CH (X2Π), with acetylene, C2H2 (X1Σg+), at a nominal collision energy of 16.8 kJ mol− 1 …

Formation of resonantly stabilised free radicals via the reactions of atomic carbon, dicarbon, and tricarbon with unsaturated hydrocarbons: theory and crossed …

AM Mebel, RI Kaiser - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Resonance stabilised free radicals (RSFRs) play an important role in the growth of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ultimately in the production of soot and carbonaceous …

Gas phase formation of c-SiC3 molecules in the circumstellar envelope of carbon stars

T Yang, L Bertels, BB Dangi, X Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Complex organosilicon molecules are ubiquitous in the circumstellar envelope of the
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star IRC+ 10216, but their formation mechanisms have …

Crossed beam studies of elementary reactions of N and C atoms and CN radicals of importance in combustion

P Casavecchia, N Balucani, L Cartechini… - Faraday …, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamics of some elementary reactions of N (2D), C (3P, 1D) and CN (X2Σ+) of
importance in combustion have been investigated by using the crossed molecular beam …