The composition and chemistry of Titan's atmosphere

CA Nixon - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this review I summarize the current state of knowledge about the composition of Titan's
atmosphere and our current understanding of the suggested chemistry that leads to that …

Titan in a test tube: Organic co-crystals and implications for Titan mineralogy

ML Cable, T Runčevski… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In this Account, we highlight recent work in the develo** field of mineralogy of
Saturn's moon Titan, focusing on binary co-crystals of small organic molecules. Titan has a …

Role of acetylene in the chemical evolution of carbon complexity

EO Pentsak, MS Murga… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Acetylene, among the multitude of organic molecules discovered in space, plays a distinct
role in the genesis of organic matter. Characterized by its unique balance of stability and …

Titan: Earth-like on the outside, ocean world on the inside

SM MacKenzie, SPD Birch, S Hörst… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Thanks to the Cassini–Huygens mission, Titan, the pale orange dot of Pioneer and
Voyager encounters, has been revealed to be a dynamic, hydrologically shaped, organic …

Molecular structure, dynamics, and vibrational spectroscopy of the acetylene: ammonia (1: 1) plastic co-crystal at Titan conditions

AC Thakur, RC Remsing - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Saturnian moon Titan has a thick, organic-rich atmosphere, and condensed phases of
small organic molecules are anticipated to be stable on its surface. Of particular importance …

Experimental characterization of the pyridine: acetylene co-crystal and implications for Titan's surface

EC Czaplinski, TH Vu, ML Cable… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has a plethora of organic compounds in the atmosphere and
on the surface that interact with each other. Cryominerals such as co-crystals may influence …

Nuclear quantum effects in the acetylene: ammonia plastic co-crystal

AC Thakur, RC Remsing - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Organic molecular solids can exhibit rich phase diagrams. In addition to structurally unique
phases, translational and rotational degrees of freedom can melt at different state points …

Neutron vibrational spectroscopic study of the acetonitrile: acetylene (1: 2) cocrystal relevant to Titan, Saturn's moon

MJ Kramer, LL Daemen, Y Cheng… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Saturn's moon Titan features a surface composed of various organic solids with pronounced
compositional and structural diversity. On top of the icy core, the surface experiences a …

Molecular Structure and Rotational Dynamics in the Acetonitrile: Acetylene (1: 2) Plastic Co-Crystal at Titan Conditions

AC Thakur, RC Remsing - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
The surface of Saturn's moon Titan is coated with small-molecule organic solids termed
cryominerals. Cryominerals play an analogous role to minerals on Earth in Titan's surface …

Cocrystallization as a tool to stabilize liquid active ingredients

A Bacchi, PP Mazzeo - Crystallography Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Cocrystallization is an extensively used method in Crystal Engineering for tuning the
properties of target compounds by pairing them with ad-hoc selected molecular partners (ie …