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Peeters, E., S. Hony, C. VanKerckhoven, A. G. G.M. Tielens, L. J. Allamandola, D. M. Hudgins, & C. W. Bauschlicher (2002). The Rich 6 to 9 micron Spectrum of Interstellar PAHs. A&A 390, 1089-1113. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J. & Zare, R. N. (2002). Side group Addition to the PAH Coronene by UV Photolysis in Cosmic Ice analogs. Astrophys. J 576, 1115-1120. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Cooper, G. W., & Allamandola, L. J. (2002). Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues. Nature 416, 401-403. [PDF]

Pendleton, Y.J. and Allamandola, L.J. (2002). The Organic Refractory Material in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium:Mid-IR Spectroscopic Constraints. Astrophys J. Supp. Ser., 138, 75-98. [interactive 3-D] [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2001). Ultraviolet Irradiation of Naphthalene in H₂O Ice: Implications for Meteorites and Biogenesis. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 351-358. [PDF]

Dworkin, J. P., Deamer, D. W., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2001). Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Molecules: Synthesis in Simulated Interstellar/Precometary Ices. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 98, 815-819. [PDF]

Ehrenfreund, P., Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2001). The Photostability of Amino Acids in Space. Astrophys. J., 550, L95-L99. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A. (2001). The Compositon of Organics and Volatiles in the Interstellar Medium. In Galactic Structure, Stars, and the Interstellar Medium, 4^th Tetons Summer Conference, eds. C. Woodward & M. D,. Bicay, (ASP Conf. Series: 231), pp. 152-170.

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Goorvitch, D., & Teixeira, T. C. V. S. (2001). The Abundances of Solid N₂ and Gaseous CO₂ in Interstellar Dense Molecular Clouds. Astrophys. J. 548, 836-851. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., & Dworkin, J. P. (2001) Assessment of the Interstellar Processes Leading to Deuterium Enrichment in Meteoritic Organics Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1117-1133. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Dworkin, J. P., Deamer, D. W., & Allamandola, L. J. (2001). Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Molecules: A Possible Linkage Between Interstellar Chemistry and Meteoritic Organics. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, A181-182. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A.,& Allamandola, L. J. (2000). Molecules from Space and the Origin of Life. In The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos, D. Levi (ed.), (Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. and Scientific American), pp. 265-272.

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2000). H, C, N, and O Isotopic Substitution Studies of the 2165 cm^-1 (4.62 µm) "XCN" Feature Produced by UV Photolysis of Mixed Molecular Ices. Astrophys. J. 542, 894-897. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, S. J., & Zare, R. N. (2000). Formation of Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar and Cometary Ices. In Bioastronomy '99: A new Era in Bioastronomy, eds. G. Lemarchand & K. Meech, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 213, (Sheridan Books: Chelsea, MI), pp. 197-205.

Dworkin J. P., Deamer, D. W., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., & Zare, R. N. (2000). Simulations of Cometary Ice: Large Molecule Synthesis and Self-assembly Properties. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 30, 228-229. [PDF]

Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Deamer, D. W., Gillette, S. J., & Zare, R. N. (2000). Syntheisis of Large Molecules in Cometary Ice Analogs: Physical Properties Related to Self-Assembly Processes. In Bioastronomy '99: A new Era in Bioastronomy, eds. G. Lemarchand & K. Meech, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 213, (Sheridan Books: Chelsea, MI), pp. 195-196.

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., & Zare, R. N. (2000). Deuterium Enrichment of PAHs by Photochemically Induced Exchange with Deuterium-rich Cosmic Ices. Astrophys. J. 538, 691-697. [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Walker, R. L. (1999). Evolution of Interstellar Ices. In Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, International Space Science Institute Book Series, Vol. 8, Space Science Reviews 90, #1-2, K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, & W. Huebner (eds.), (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht), pp. 219-232. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., & Sandford, S. A. (1999). Variations in the Strength of the Infrared Forbidden 2328.2 cm^-1 Fundamental of Solid N₂ in Binary Mixtures. Spectrochimica Acta A 55, 2455-2466. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P. (1999). Water Ice on Comets and Satellites. In Laboratory Astrophyscis and Space Research, P. Ehrenfreund, H. Kochan, C. Krafft, & V. Pirronello, eds., (Kluwer Acad. Publ.: Dordrecht), pp. 105-120.

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., Clemett, S. J., & Zare, R. N. (1999). UV Irradiation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ices: Production of Alcohols, Quinones, and Ethers. Science 283, 1135-1138. [PDF]

Pendleton, Y. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Tokunaga, A. T., & Bernstein, M. P. (1999). The Interstellar 4.62 Micron Band. Astrophys. J. 513, 294-304. [PDF]

Lacy, J. H., Faraji, H., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1998). Unraveling the 10 µm 'Silicate' Feature of Protostars: The Detection of Frozen Interstellar Ammonia. Astrophys. J. (Letters) 501, L105-L109. [PDF]

Salama, F. (1998). UV Photochemistry of Ices. In The Solar System Ices, eds. B. Schmitt, C. de Bergh, & M. Festou, Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 259.

Sandford, S. A. (1998). Why You Can't Have a Snowball Fight on Mars. Mercury 27, #1, 19-22.

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., & Sandford, S. A. (1997). Photochemical evolution of interstellar/precometary organic material. In Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe, C.B. Cosmovici, S. Bowyer, & D. Werthimer (eds.), Proc. 5th International Conf. on Bioastronomy, IAU Coll. #161, Capri, 1-5 July 1996, (Editrice Compositori: Bologna), pp. 23-47.

Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., & Sandford, S. A. (1997). Complex Organics in Laboratory Simulations of Interstellar/Cometary Ices. In Complex Organics in Space, 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 1996, Birmingham, UK, Advances in Space Research 19, #7, 991-998. [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1997). The Infrared Spectra of Nitriles and Related Compounds Frozen in Ar and H₂O. Astrophys. J. 476, 932-942. [PDF]

Elsila, J., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A. (1997). The 2140 cm-1 (4.673 µm) Solid CO Band: The Case for Interstellar O2 and N2 and the Photochemistry of Non-Polar Interstellar Ice Analogs. Astrophys. J. 479, 818-838. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., & Bernstein, M. P. (1997). The Composition and Ultraviolet and Thermal Processing of Interstellar Ices. In From Star Dust to Planetesimals, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser., Vol. 122, Y. J. Pendleton & A. G. G. M. Tielens (eds.), (ASP: San Francisco), pp. 201-213.

Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., & Chang, S. (1996). The Photo Production of Organic Molecules in Cometary and Interstellar Ice Analogs. In Circumstellar Habitable Zones, ed. L. R. Doyle, (Travis House Publ.: Menlo Park, CA), pp. 305-316.

Sandford, S. A. (1996). The Composition of Interstellar Grains and Ices. In Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, eds. W. Roberge & D. C. B. Whittet, (Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Series, Vol. 97: San Francisco), pp. 29-47.

Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Chang, S., & Scharberg, M.A. (1995). Organic Compounds Produced by Photolysis of Realistic Interstellar and Cometary Ice Analogs Containing Methanol. Astrophys. J. 454, 327-344. [PDF]

Salama, F., Allamandola, L.J., Sandford, S.A., Bregman, J.D., Witteborn, F.C., & Cruikshank, D.P. (1995). The Detection of a New Strong Band Near 3590 cm^-1 (2.79 µm) in the Spectrum of Io. In Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust, eds. M.R. Haas, J.A. Davidson, & E.F. Erickson, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Vol. 73, pp. 337-340.

Schutte, W.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Sandford, S.A. (1995). Very Low Temperature Formaldehyde Reactions and the Build-up of Organic Molecules in Comets and Interstellar Ices. Advances in Space Research 15(#3), (3)401-(3)406. [PDF]

Bohn, R.B., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Cruikshank, D.P. (1994). Infrared Spectroscopy of Triton and Pluto Ice Analogs: The Case for Saturated Hydrocarbons. Icarus 111, 151-173.

Hudgins, D.M., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Tielens, A.G.G.M. (1994). Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices: Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances. The AAS CD-ROM Series, Volume 1, (expanded version of the tables in Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 86, 713-870). (We can't send you a copy of this but the files exist on all the CCDs sent out by The Astrophysical Journal to date.)

Salama, F., Allamandola, L.J., Sandford, S.A., Bregman, J.D., Witteborn, F.C., & Cruikshank, D.P. (1994). Is H₂O Present on Io? The Detection of a New Strong Band Near 3590 cm-1 (2.79 µm). Icarus 107, 413-417.

Sandford, S.A., Geballe, T.R., Salama, F., & Goorvitch, D. (1994). New Narrow Infrared Absorption Features in the Spectrum of Io Between 3600 and 3100 cm-1 (2.8-3.2 µm). Icarus 110, 292-302.

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., & Tielens, A. G. G. M. (1993). Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices: Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances. Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 86, 713-870. [PDF (29Mb)]

Sandford, S. A. (1993). Interstellar Ices, Their Processing, and Their Relationship to Refractory Dust. In Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy: Future Observational Directions, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Series, Vol. 41, ed. S. Kwok, (Astron. Soc. Pacific: San Francisco), pp. 181-188.

Sandford, S.A., & Allamandola, L.J. (1993). The Condensation and Vaporization Behavior of Ices Containing SO₂, H₂S, and CO₂: Implications for Io. Icarus 106, 478-488.

Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1993). Condensation and Vaporization Studies of CH₃OH and NH₃ Ices: Major Implications for Astrochemistry. Astrophys. J. 417, 815-825. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1993). H₂ in Interstellar and Extragalactic Ices: Infrared Characteristics, UV Production, and Implications. Astrophys. J. 409, L65-L68. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., & Geballe, T. R. (1993). Spectroscopic Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Frozen in Interstellar Ices. Science 262, 400-402. [revision published in Geballe, T. R., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2000). Science 287, 976.]

Schutte, W.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Sandford, S.A. (1993). Formaldehyde and Organic Molecule Production in Astrophysical Ices at Cryogenic Temperatures. Science 259, 1143-1145.

Schutte, W.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Sandford, S.A. (1993). Organic Molecule Production in Cometary Nuclei and Interstellar Ices by Thermal Formaldehyde Reactions. Icarus 104, 118-137.

Allamandola, L.J., Sandford, S.A., Tielens, A.G.G.M., & Herbst, T.M. (1992). Spectroscopy of Dense Clouds in the C-H Stretching Region: Methanol and "Diamonds". Astrophys. J. 399, 134-146. [PDF]

Salama, F., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1992). Laboratory Studies of Planetary Molecules and Ices: The Case of Io. In Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium No. 150, P. D. Singh, ed., (Kluwer: Dordrecht), pp. 435-436.

Allamandola, L. J. (1991). Analysis of Frozen Volatiles, Section 2.3.3 of ROSETTA/CNSR A Comet -Nucleus Sample-Return Mission, ESA's ROSETTAMission & System Definition Document, eds. G. H. Schwem & Y. Langevin, (ESA Publications, Noordwijk), ESA SP-1125, 47-52.

Blake, D., Allamandola, L., Sandford, S., Hudgins, D., & Freund, F. (1991). Clathrate Hydrate Formation in Amorphous Cometary Ice Analogs in Vacuo. Science 254, 548-551.

Sandford, S.A., Salama, F., Allamandola, L.J., Trafton, L.M., Lester, D.F., & Ramseyer, T.F. (1991). Laboratory Studies of the Newly Discovered Infrared Band at 4705.2 cm^-1 (2.1253 µm) in the Spectrum of Io: The Tentative Identification of CO₂. Icarus 91, 125-144.

Schutte, W.A., Tielens, A.G.G.M., & Sandford, S.A. (1991). 10 µm Spectra of Protostars and the Solid Methanol Abundance. Astrophys. J. 382, 523-529. [PDF]

Tielens, A.G.G.M., Allamandola, L.J., & Sandford, S.A. (1991). Laboratory, Observational, and Theoretical Studies of Interstellar Ices. In Solid-State Astrophysics, eds. E. Bussoletti & G. Strazzula, Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Course CXI on Solid State Astrophysics, Varenna, Italy, 27 June - 7 July, 1989, (N. Holland Pub.: Amsterdam), pp.29-58.

Trafton, L.M., Lester, D.F., Ramseyer, T.F., Sandford, S.A., Salama, F., & Allamandola, L.J. (1991). A New Class of Absorption Feature in Io's Near-Infrared Spectrum. Icarus 89, 264-276.

Allamandola, L. J. (1990). The Nature of Interstellar/Precometary Ices. In The Physics and Composition of Interstellar Matter, ed. J. Krelowski & J. Papaj (Copernicus University Press, Torun, Poland), 9-36.

Allamandola, L. J. & Sandford, S. A. (1990). Interstellar Grain Chemistry and Organic Molecules. In Carbon in the Galaxy, Studies from Earth and Space, ed. J. Tarter, NASA CP 3061, 113-136.

Salama, F., Allamandola, L.J., Witteborn, F.C., Cruikshank, D.P., Sandford, S.A., & Bregman, J.D. (1990). The 2.5-5.0 µm spectra of Io: Evidence for H₂S and H₂O Frozen in SO₂. Icarus 83, 66-82.

Salama, F., Allamandola, L.J., Witteborn, F.C., Cruikshank, D.P., Sandford, S.A., & Bregman, J.D. (1990). The 2.5-5.0 µm Spectra of Io: Evidence for H₂S and H₂O Frozen in SO₂. In Proceedings of the 24th ESLAB Symposium on the Formation of Stars and Planets, and the Evolution of the Solar System, Friedrichshafen, 17-19 Sept. 1990, ESA SP-315, pp. 203-208.

Sandford, S.A., & Allamandola, L.J. (1990). The Physical and Infrared Spectral Properties of CO₂ in Astrophysical Ice Analogs. Astrophys. J. 355, 357-372. [PDF]

Sandford, S.A., & Allamandola, L.J. (1990). The Volume and Surface Binding Energies of Ice Systems Containing CO, CO₂, and H₂O. Icarus 87, 188-192.

Allamandola, L.J., Sandford, S.A., & Valero, G. (1988). Photochemical and thermal evolution of interstellar/pre-cometary ice analogs. Icarus 76, 225-252.

Sandford, S.A., & Allamandola, L.J. (1988). The condensation and vaporization behavior of H₂O:CO ices and implications for interstellar grains and cometary behavior. Icarus 76, 201-224.

Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Tielens, A.G.G.M., & Valero, G. (1988). Laboratory studies of the infrared spectral properties of CO in astrophysical ices. Astrophys. J. 329, 498-510. [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J. (1987). Interstellar Problems and Matrix Solutions. J. Molec. Structure 157, 255, volume dedicated to Professor G. C. Pimentel.

d'Hendecourt, L. B., & Allamandola, L. J. (1986). Infrared Band Cross Sections of Molecules in the Solid State at 10K. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 64, 453-467. [PDF]

d'Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., & Grim, R. (1986). Time Dependent Chemistry in Dense Molecular Clouds. II Ultraviolet Photoprocessing and IR Spectroscopy of Grain Mantles. Astron. Astrophys. 158, 119-134. [PDF]

d'Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., & Greenberg, J. M. (1985). Time Dependent Chemistry in Dense Molecular Clouds. I Grain Surface Reactions, Gas/Grain Interactions and Infrared Spectroscopy. Astron. Astrophys. 152, 130-150. [PDF]

Lacy, J. H., Baas, F., Allamandola, L. J., Van de Bult, C. E. P. M.,Persson, S. E., McGregor, P. J., Lonsdale, C. J., & Geballe, T. R. (1984). 4.6 mm Absorption Features due to Solid Phase CO and Cyano Group Molecules toward Compact Infrared Sources. Astrophys. J. 276, 533-543. [PDF]

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J. D., J. Goebel, d'Hendecourt, L. B., & Witteborn, F. C. (1984). Absorption Features in the 5-8 Micron Spectra of Protostars. Astrophys. J. 287, 697.

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Witteborn, F., Goebel, J., Bregman, J., Allamandola, L., & d'Hendecourt, L. B. (1984). Interstellar Grain Mantles. NASA CP 2353, NASA/ASP Symposium on Airborne Astronomy, NASA-Ames Research Center. [PDF]

Baas, F., Allamandola, L. J., Geballe, T. R., Persson, S. E., & Lacy, J. H. (1983). Identification of the 3.5 mm Emission Feature in the Pre-Main-Sequence Star HD-97048. Astrophys. J. 265, 290. [PDF]

Greenberg, J. M., van de Bult, C. E. P. M., & Allamandola, L. J. (1983). Ices in Space. J. Phys. Chem. 87, 4243.

Allamandola, L. J. (1982). Discussion at Royal Society Meeting on Interstellar Molecules. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A303, 509 (1981); and In Molecules in Interstellar Space, (The Royal Society, London).

d'Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., & Greenberg, J. M. (1982). Interstellar Grain Explosions: Molecule Cycling Between Gas and Dust. Astron. Astrophys. 109, L12-14. [PDF]

McGregor, P. J., Persson, S. E., Lacy, J. H., Baas, F., Allamandola, L. J., Lonsdale, C. J., & Geballe, T. R. (1982). 4.6 mm Absorption Features due to Solid Phase CO toward Compact Infrared Sources. XVIth Eslab Symposium, Galactic and Extra-galactic Infrared Spectroscopy. (ESTEC Reproduction Services, Noordwijk, Holland), 51.

Allamandola, L. J., Greenberg, J. M., Norman, C. A., & Hagen, W. (1980). The Chemical Identification of Grain Mantles by Infrared Spectroscopy. In IAU Symp. 87: Interstellar Molecules, ed. B.H. Andrew (D. Reidel: Dordrecht) p. 373.

Greenberg, J. M., Allamandola, L. J., Hagen, W., Van de Bult, C., & Baas, F. (1980). Laboratory and Theoretical Results on Interstellar Molecule Production by Grains in Molecular Clouds. In IAU Symp. 87: Interstellar Molecules, ed. B. H. Andrew, (D. Reidel: Dordrecht) p. 355.

Hagen, W., Allamandola, L. J., & Greenberg, J. M. (1980). Infra-red Absorption Lines by Molecules in Grain Mantles. Astron. Astrophys., 86, L3.

Hagen, W., Allamandola, L. J., Greenberg, J. M., & Tielens, A. G. G. M. (1980). Interstellar Matrices J. Mol. Struct. 80, 281.

Allamandola, L. J., Greenberg, J. M., & Norman, C. A. (1979). On the Middle Infra-red Fluorescence and Absorption of Molecules in Grain Mantles. Astron. Astrophys. 77, 66-74. [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J. & Norman, C. A. (1979). Infra-red Molecular Line Emission from Grain Surfaces in Dense Clouds. Astron. Astrophys. 77, 261. [PDF]

Hagen, W., Allamandola, L. J., & Greenberg, J. M. (1979). Interstellar Molecule Formation in Grain Mantles: The Laboratory Analog Experiments, Results and Implications. Astrophys. Sp. Sci. 65, 215.

Allamandola, L. J., Lucas, D., & Pimentel, G. C. (1978). Synchronized Flash Photolysis and Pulse Deposition in Matrix Isolation Experiments. Rev. Sci. Inst. 49, 913.

Allamandola, L. J., & Norman, C. A. (1978). Infra-Red Emission Lines from Molecules in Grain Mantles. Astron. Astrophys. 63, L23-26. [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., & Norman, C. A. (1978). Infrared Molecular Line Emission from Grain Surfaces in Dense Clouds. Astron. Astrophys. 66, 129-135. [PDF]