Thermal desorption of interstellar ices: A review on the controlling parameters and their implications from snowlines to chemical complexity

M Minissale, Y Aikawa, E Bergin, M Bertin… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The evolution of star-forming regions and their thermal balance are strongly influenced by
their chemical composition, which, in turn, is determined by the physicochemical processes …

Computational surface modelling of ices and minerals of interstellar interest—insights and perspectives

A Rimola, S Ferrero, A Germain, M Corno, P Ugliengo - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The universe is molecularly rich, comprising from the simplest molecule (H2) to complex
organic molecules (eg, CH3CHO and NH2CHO), some of which of biological relevance (eg …

Quantum mechanical simulations of the radical–radical chemistry on icy surfaces

J Enrique-Romero, A Rimola… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The formation of the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) is a hot topic in
astrochemistry. One of the main paradigms trying to reproduce the observations postulates …

Formation of complex organic molecules on interstellar CO ices? Insights from computational chemistry simulations

S Ferrero, C Ceccarelli, P Ugliengo… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The carbon (3 P) atom is a reactive species that, according to laboratory experiments and
theoretical calculations, condensates with interstellar ice components. This fact is of …

Can formamide be formed on interstellar ice? An atomistic perspective

A Rimola, D Skouteris, N Balucani… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Interstellar formamide (NH2CHO) has recently attracted significant attention due to its
potential role as a molecular building block in the formation of precursor biomolecules …

Theoretical distribution of the ammonia binding energy at interstellar icy grains: a new computational framework

L Tinacci, A Germain, S Pantaleone… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The binding energies (BE) of molecules on the interstellar grains are crucial in the chemical
evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM). Both temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) …

Modelling the radical chemistry on ice surfaces: An integrated quantum chemical and experimental approach

WMC Sameera, B Senevirathne, T Nguyen… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Heterogeneous radical processes on ice surfaces play a vital role in the formation of
building blocks of the biologically relevant molecules in space. Therefore, quantitative …

Reactivity of HCO with CH3 and NH2 on Water Ice Surfaces. A Comprehensive Accurate Quantum Chemistry Study

J Enrique-Romero, A Rimola, C Ceccarelli… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) can be loosely defined as chemical
compounds with at least six atoms in which at least one is carbon. The observations of …

Theoretical determination of binding energies of small molecules on interstellar ice surfaces

D Duflot, C Toubin, M Monnerville - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The adsorption of a series of atoms and small molecules and radicals (H, C, N, O, NH, OH,
H2O, CH3, and NH3) on hexagonal crystalline and amorphous ice clusters were obtained …

Gliding on ice in search of accurate and cost-effective computational methods for astrochemistry on grains: the puzzling case of the HCN isomerization

C Baiano, J Lupi, V Barone… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The isomerization of hydrogen cyanide to hydrogen isocyanide on icy grain surfaces is
investigated by an accurate composite method (jun-Cheap) rooted in the coupled cluster …