Ionic fragmentation products of benzonitrile as important intermediates in the growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

DB Rap, JGM Schrauwen, B Redlich… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Evolution of fullerenes in circumstellar envelopes by carbon condensation: insights from reactive molecular dynamics simulations

Z Meng, Z Wang - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fullerenes, including C60 and C70, have been detected in various astronomical
environments. Understanding how their structures evolve over time is essential for gaining …

Molecular Hydrogen Formation via Vibrational Excitation of Partially Superhydrogenated Pyrenes

FDS Simonsen, R Jaganathan, J Palotás… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
While polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are now accepted to be abundant in
interstellar space, the abundance and influence of superhydrogenated PAHs (HPAHs) in the …

Augmentation of Universal Potentials for Broad Applications

J Pitfield, F Brix, Z Tang, AM Slavensky… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Universal potentials open the door for DFT level calculations at a fraction of their cost. We
find that for application to systems outside the scope of its training data, CHGNet\cite …

Bending the rules of PAH hydrogenation: the case of corannulene

M Leccese, R Jaganathan, L Slumstrup… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The interaction of a curved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), corannulene (C20H10),
with H-atoms leading to the formation of highly superhydrogenated species was studied. In …

Gas Phase IR Spectra of Hydrogen Functionalised Pentacene

R Jaganathan, Z Tang, FDS Simonsen… - European Conference …, 2021 - Springer
We present gas-phase infrared (IR) spectra of protonated dihydropentacene, the hydrogen
functionalised form of the linear, catacondensed, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) …

[PDF][PDF] Hidden in the dark

K Lange - core.ac.uk
The distant unknown is the driver of our curiosity. It is the inherent spark that ignites our
search for knowledge and understanding. It can be joyfully rewarding, but unfortunately also …