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 …

Spiers memorial lecture: Astrochemistry at high resolution

C Ceccarelli - Faraday Discussions, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Astrochemistry is the science that studies the chemistry in the Universe, namely the
combination of two fields: astronomy and chemistry. It started about fifty years ago and it has …

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 …

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) …

Binding energy evaluation platform: A database of quantum chemical binding energy distributions for the astrochemical community

GM Bovolenta, S Vogt-Geisse, S Bovino… - The Astrophysical …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The quality of astrochemical models is highly dependent on reliable binding energy (BE)
values that consider the morphological and energetic variety of binding sites on the surface …

Binding energies of interstellar relevant S-bearing species on water ice mantles: a quantum mechanical investigation

J Perrero, J Enrique-Romero, S Ferrero… - The Astrophysical …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Binding energies (BEs) are one of the most important parameters for astrochemical
modeling determining, because they govern whether a species stays in the gas phase or is …

Theoretical Water Binding Energy Distribution and Snowline in Protoplanetary Disks

L Tinacci, A Germain, S Pantaleone… - The Astrophysical …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Water is one of the most important and abundant molecules in star-forming regions. In
protoplanetary disks, where planets and comets form, H 2 O is in a gas or solid form …

Computer Generated Realistic Interstellar Icy Grain Models: Physicochemical Properties and Interaction with NH3

A Germain, L Tinacci, S Pantaleone… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Interstellar grains are composed by a rocky core (usually amorphous silicates) covered by
an icy mantle, the most abundant molecule being H2O followed by CO, CO2, NH3, and also …

In-depth exploration of catalytic sites on amorphous solid water: I. The astrosynthesis of aminomethanol

GM Bovolenta, G Silva-Vera, S Bovino… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical processes taking place on ice-grain mantles are pivotal to the complex chemistry
of interstellar environments. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the …

Assessing realistic binding energies of some essential interstellar radicals with amorphous solid water-A fully quantum chemical approach

M Sil, A Roy, P Gorai, N Nakatani, T Shimonishi… - Astronomy & …, 2024‏ - aanda.org
In the absence of laboratory data, state-of-the-art quantum chemical approaches can
provide estimates of the binding energy (BE) of interstellar species with grains. Without BE …