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Louis Allamandola



Rosenberg, M.J.F., Berné, O., Boersma, C., Allamandola, L.J., and Tielens, A.G.G.M., "Coupled blind signal separation and spectroscopic database fitting of the mid infrared PAH features", 2011, Astron. Astrophys., 532, A128+

Boersma, C., Allamandola, L.J., Bauschlicher Jr., C.W., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, Sánchez de Armas, F., Puerta Saborido, G., D.M. Hudgins, Mattioda, A.L., and Hudgins, D.M., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database and the far-IR", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 109

C. Boersma, C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, E. Peeters, L.J. Allamandola, and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon far-infrared spectroscopy", 2011, Astrophys. J., 729, 64 [PDF]

C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., C. Boersma, A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, J. Cami, E. Peeters, F. Sánchez de Armas, G. Puerta Saborido, D.M. Hudgins, and L.J. Allamandola, "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Computed Spectra", 2010, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 189, 341 [PDF]

Ricca, A., Bauschlicher, Jr., C.W., Mattioda, A. L., Boersma, C., and Allamandola, L.J., 2010, "The Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Very Large Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", Astrophys. J., 709, 42-52

Bouwman, J., Paardekooper, D. M., Cuppen, H. M. , Linnartz, H. and Allamandola, L. J., 2009, "Real-Time Optical Spectroscopy of Vacuum Ultraviolet Irradiated Pyrene:H2O Interstellar Ice", Astrophys. J., 700, 56-62

C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., C. Boersma, A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, J. Cami, E. Peeters, F. Sánchez de Armas, G. Puerta Saborido, D.M. Hudgins, and L.J. Allamandola, "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Computed Spectra", 2010, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 189, 341 [PDF]

Bouwman, J., Cuppen, H.M., Bakker, A., Allamandola, L.J., and Linnartz, H., 2010, "Photochemistry of the PAH Pyrene in Water Ice: the Case for Ion-Mediated Ice Astrochemistry", Astron. Astrophys., 511, A33

Boersma, C., Bauschlicher, C. W., Allamandola, L. J., Ricca, A., Peeters, E., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "The 15-20 μm PAH emission features: probes of individual PAHs?", 2010, Astron. Astrophys., 511, A32

Bauschlicher, Jr., C. W., Peeters, E., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Spectra of Very Large, Irregular Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): Observational Probes of Astronomical PAH Geometry, Size and Charge", 2009, Astrophys. J., 697, 311-327

Boersma, C., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher, C. W., Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "The 5.25 and 5.7 μm Astronomical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features [Erratum]", 2009, Astrophys. J., 690, 1208 [PDF]

Mattioda, A., Ricca, A., Tucker,J., Bauschlicher Jr. C.W., and Allamandola , L.J., "Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral Coronene, Ovalene, and Dicoronylene", 2009, The Astronomical. J., 137, 4054-4060

Bauschlicher, Jr., C. W., Peeters, E., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Spectra of Very Large, Compact, Highly Symmetric, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)", 2008, Astrophys. J., 678, 316 [PDF]

Des Marais, D. J., Nuth III, J. A., Allamandola, L. J., Boss, A. P., Farmer, J. D., Hoehler, T. M., Jakosky, B. M., Meadows, V. S., and 3 coauthors, "Focus Paper: The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap", 2008, Astrobiology, 8, 715 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Rutter, L., Parkhill, J., Head-Gordon, M., Lee, T. J., and Allamandola, L. J., "Near-IR Spectroscopy of Nitrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations from 0.7 to 2.5 μm", 2008, Astrophys. J., 680, 1243 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., "Chemical Evolution in the Interstellar Medium: Feedstock of Solar Systems", 2007, in Chemical Evolution across Space and Time - From the Big Bang to Prebiotic Chemistry, eds. L. Zaikowski and J. M. Friedrich (Washington, D.C.: A.C.S.), 80 [PDF]

Ashbourn, S. F. M., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Ultraviolet Photolysis of Anthracene in H2O Interstellar Ice Analogs: Potential Connection to Meteoritic Organics", 2007, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 42, 2035 [PDF]

Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Lu, Y., Ricca, A., Mattioda, A. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diamondoids and the Interstellar Infrared bands Between 3.35 and 3.55 μm", 2007, Astrophys. J., 671, 458 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Mattioda, A. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "Near- and Mid-Infrared Laboratory Spectra of PAH Cations in Solid H2O", 2007, Astrophys. J., 664, 1264 [PDF]

Rhee, Y. M., Lee, T. J., Gudipati, M. S., Allamandola, L. J., and Head-Gordon, M., "Charged Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Clusters and the Galactic Extended Red Emission", 2007, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 104, 5274 [PDF]

Gudipati, M. S. and Allamandola, L. J., "Double Ionization of Quaterrylene (C40H20) in Water-Ice at 20K with Lyα (121.6 nm) Radiation", 2006, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 9020 [PDF]

Gudipati, M. S. and Allamandola, L. J., "Unusual Stability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Radical Cations in Amorphous Water Ices up to 120 K: astronomical Implications", 2006, Astrophys. J., 638, 286 [PDF]

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Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectra of Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Conditions Relevant to Dense Interstellar Clouds", 2005, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 161, 53 [PDF]

Halasinski, T. M., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "Investigation of the UV, Visible and Near-IR Absorption Spectra of Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Cations", 2005, Astrophys. J., 628, 555 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher, Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Variations in the Peak Position of the 6.2 μm Interstellar Emission Feature: A Tracer of N in the Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Population", 2005, Astrophys. J., 632, 316 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Allamandola, L. J., and Hudgins, D. M., "The Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Optical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Semiempirical Model", 2005, Astrophys. J., 629, 1183 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Experimental Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Between 0.7 and 2.5 μm", 2005, Astrophys. J., 629, 1188 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared spectroscopy of matrix-isolated polycyclic aromatic compounds and their ions. 7. Phenazine, a dual substituted polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle", 2005, Adv. Space Res., 36, 156 [PDF]

Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Boogert, A. C. A., Hayward, T. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Prominent Dust Emission Feature Near 8.9 μm in Four H II Regions", 2005, Astrophys. J., 620, 774 [PDF]

Weisman, J. L., Mattioda, A., Lee, T. J., Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Head-Gordon, M., "Electronic transitions in the IR: Matrix isolation spectroscopy and electronic structure theory calculations on polyacenes and dibenzopolyacenes", 2005, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 109 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J. and d’Hendecourt, L., "A Tribute to the Life and Science of J. Mayo Greenberg", 2004, ASP Conf. Ser., 309, 1

Bernstein, M. P., Ashbourn, S. F. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Lifetimes of Nitriles (CN) and Acids (COOH) during Ultraviolet Photolysis and their Survival in Space", 2004, Astrophys. J., 601, 365 [PDF]

Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, J. S, Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Elsila, J. E., McGlothlin, D. R., and Zare, R. N., "An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations", 2004, Adv. Space Res., 33, 67 [PDF]

Gudipati, M. S. and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ionization Energy Lowering in Water Ices", 2004, Astrophys. J., 615, L177 [PDF]

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Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Infrared Astrophysics: The State of the PAH Model and a Possible Tracer of Nitrogen in Carbon-Rich Dust", 2004, ASP Conf. Ser., 309, 665

Peeters, E., Allamandola, L. J., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Deuterated interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2004, Astrophys. J., 604, 252 [PDF]

Peeters, E., Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., Hony, S., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "The Unidentifed Infrared Features after ISO", 2004, ASP Conf. Ser., 309, 141

Peeters, E., Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in the 15-21 micron Region", 2004, Astrophys. J., 617, L65 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., and Allamandola, L. J., "The mid-infrared laboratory spectra of naphthalene (C10H8) in solid H2O", 2004, Astrophys. J., 607, 346 [PDF]

van Diedenhoven, B., Peeters, E., Van Kerckhoven, C., Hony, S., Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "The Profiles of the 3-12 micron Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Features", 2004, Astrophys. J., 611, 928 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Moore, M. H., Elsila, J. E., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Zare, R. N., "Side group Addition to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Coronene by proton Irradiation in Cosmic Ice Analogs", 2003, Astrophys. J., 582, L25 [PDF]

Biennier, L., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., and Scherer, J. J., "Pulsed discharge nozzle cavity ring down spectroscopy of cold polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ions", 2003, J. Chem. Phys., 118, 7863 [PDF]

Clayton, G. C., Gordon, K. D., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Martin, P. G., Snow, T. P., Whittet, D. C. B., Witt, A. N., and 1 coauthor, "The Role of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ultraviolet Extinction. I. Probing Small Molecular Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2003, Astrophys. J., 592, 947 [PDF]

Des Marais, D.J., Allamandola, L. J., Benner, S. A., Boss, A. P., Deamer, D., Falkowski, P. G., Farmer, J. D., Hedges, S. B., and 12 coauthors, "Focus Paper: The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap", 2003, Astrobiology, 3, 219

Dressler, A., Allamandola, L. J., Blaes, O.M., Burrows, A. S., Hanisch, R. J., Helou, G., Hillenbrand, L. A., Larkin, J. E., and 4 coauthors, "Origins", 2003, in Origins Theme Roadmap for NASA's Office Of Space Science, (: ),

Gudipati, M. S. and Allamandola, L. J., "Facile Generation and Storage of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ions in Astrophysical Ices", 2003, Astrophys. J., 596, L195

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Gudipati, M. S., Dworkin, J. P., Chillier, X. D. F., and Allamandola, L. J., "Luminescence from Vacuum-Ultraviolet-irradiated Cosmic Ice Analogs and residues", 2003, Astrophys. J., 583, 514 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Rosi, M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 6. Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles", 2003, J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 1486 [PDF]

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

Bernstein, M. P., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Zare, R. N., "Side group Addition to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Coronene by UV Photolysis in Cosmic Ice analogs", 2002, Astrophys. J., 576, 1115 [PDF]

Biennier, L., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Scherer, J. J., and O’Keefe, A., "Gas Phase Spectroscopy of Cold PAH Ions: Contribution to the Interstellar Extinction and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 2002, in NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop Conference Proceedings, ed. F. Salama (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 113

Chillier, X. D. F., Stone, B. M., Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "D1 (2B2g) –> D0 (2Au) Fluorescence From the Matrix-Isolated Perylene Cation Following Laser Excitation into the D5 (2B3g) and D2 (2B3g) Electronic States", 2002, J. Chem. Phys., 116, 5725 [PDF]

Deamer, D., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., and Allamandola, L. J., "The First Cell Membranes", 2002, Astrobiology, 2, 371 [PDF]

Peeters, E., Hony, S., Van Kerckhoven, C., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., and Bauschlicher, C. W., "The Rich 6 to 9 micron Spectrum of Interstellar PAHs", 2002, Astron. Astrophys., 390, 1089 [PDF]

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

Ruiterkamp, R., Halasinski, T., Salama, F., Foing, B. F., Allamandola, L. J., Schmidt, W., and Ehrenfreund, P., "Spectroscopy of large PAHs. Laboratory studies and comparison to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 2002, Astron. Astrophys., 390, 1153 [PDF]

Sandford, S., Allamandola, L., Bregman, J. D., Ennico, K. A., Greene, T. P., Hudgins, D., and Strecker, D. W., "Identifying Organic Molecules in Space: The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept", 2002, Proc. SPIE, 4495, 170 [PDF]

Bakes, E. L. O., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Theoretical Modeling of Infrared Emission From Neutral and Charged Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. II.", 2001, Astrophys. J., 560, 261 [PDF]

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Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Ultraviolet Irradiation of Naphthalene in H2O Ice: Implications for Meteorites and Biogenesis", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 36, 351 [PDF]

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

Ehrenfreund, P., Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Photostability of Amino Acids in Space", 2001, Astrophys. J., 550, L95 [PDF]

Hony, S., Van Kerckhoven, C., Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "The CH out-of-plane bending modes of PAH molecules in astrophysical environments", 2001, Astron. Astrophys, 370, 1030 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Closed-Shell Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations: A New Category of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2001, Spec. Acta A, 57, 907 [PDF]

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

Sandford, S. A., Dworkin, J. P., Deamer, D. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Molecules: A Possible Linkage Between Interstellar Chemistry and Meteoritic Organics", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci. Supp., 36, A181 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P, Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, S. J., and Zare, R. N., "Formation of Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar and Cometary Ices", 2000, ASP Conf. Ser., 213, 197

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "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", 2000, Astrophys. J., 542, 894 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials", 2000, in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos, ed. D. H. Levi (New York, NY: Byron Preiss Visual Publications and Scientific American), 265

Black, D. C., Kinney A., Allamandola, L. J, Beichman, C., Bodenheimer, P., Cochran, W., Hammel, H., Johnston, K., and 6 coauthors, "Origins 2000: In Search of Our Cosmic Roots", 2000, in Origins Theme Roadmap for NASA's Office Of Space Science, (: ),

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

Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Deamer, D. W., Gillette, S. J., and Zare, R. N., "Syntheisis of Large Molecules in Cometary Ice Analogs: Physical Properties", 2000, ASP Conf. Ser., 213, 195

Geballe, T. R., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Spectroscopic Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Frozen in Interstellar Ices [retraction]", 2000, Science, 287, 973

Halasinski, T. M., Hudgins, D. M., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., and Bally, T., "Electronic Absorption Spectra of Neutral Pentacene (C22H14-) and its Positive and Negative Ions in Ne, Ar, and Kr Matrices", 2000, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 7484 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Allamandola, L. J., and Fetzer, J. C., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ions. 5. PAHs Incorporating a Cyclopentadienyl Ring", 2000, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 3655 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., and Zare, R. N., "Deuterium Enrichment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Photochemically Induced Exchange with Deuterium-rich Cosmic Ices", 2000, Astrophys. J., 538, 691 [PDF]

Sandford, S., Greene, T. P., Allamandola, L., Arno, R., Bregman, J. D., Cox, S., Davis, P. K., Gonzales, A., and 9 coauthors, "Explorer-class Astrobiology Mission", 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4013, 604

Van Kerckhoven, C., Hony, S., Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., Cox, P., Roelfsema, P. R., and 4 coauthors, "The C-C-C Bending Modes of PAHs: A New Emission Plateau from 15 to 20 µm", 2000, Astron. Astrophys., 357, 1013 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J. and Hudgins, D. M., "From Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Ice to Astrobiology", 2000, in the Prodeedings of the NATO ASI entitled "Solid State Astrochemistry", eds. V. Pirronello, J. Krelowski, and G. Manicó (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 251 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. L., "Evolution of Interstellar Ices", 1999, in Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, International Space Science Institute Book Series, Vol. 8, eds. K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, and W. Huebner (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 219 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Langhoff, S. R., "Carbon Chain Abundance in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium", 1999, Astron. Astrophys., 352, 659 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., and Sandford, S. A., "Modeling the Unidentified Infrared Emission with Combinations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1999, Astrophys. J., 511, L115 [PDF]

Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Containing a Five-Membered Ring: Symmetry Breaking and the B3LYP Functional", 1999, Theor. Chem. Acc., 103, 154 [PDF]

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Becker, L., Bunch, T. E., and Allamandola, L. J., "Higher Fullerenes in the Allende Meteorite", 1999, Nature, 400, 227 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials", 1999, Scientific American, 281, Issue 1, 26

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

Chillier, X. D. F., Stone, B. M., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "First Detection of an Ultraviolet Transition in an Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon", 1999, J. Chem. Phys., 111, 449 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Spacing of the Interstellar 6.2 and 7.7 Micron Emission Features as an Indicator of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Size", 1999, Astrophys. J., 513, L69 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Interstellar PAH Emission in the 11 - 14 Micron Region: New Insights from Laboratory Data and a Tracer of Ionized PAHs", 1999, Astrophys. J., 516, L41 [PDF]

Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy of Perylene (C20H12) isolated in Ne, Ar, and N2 Matrices", 1999, J. Chem. Phys., 110, 7287 [PDF]

Romanini, D., Biennier, L., Salama, F., Kachinov, A., Allamandola, L. J., and Stoeckel, F., "Jet-Discharge Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy of Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Progress in Testing the PAH Hypothesis for the Diffuse Interstellar Band Problem", 1999, Chem. Phys. Lett., 303, 165 [PDF]

Salama, F., Galazutdinov, G. A., Krelowski, J., Allamandola, L. J., and Musaev, F. A., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: a Survey", 1999, Astrophys. J., 526, 265 [PDF]

Sloan, G. C., Hayward, T. L., Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J. D., DeVito, B., and Hudgins, D. M., "Direct Spectroscopic Evidence for Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Interstellar Medium", 1999, Astrophys. J., 513, L65 [PDF]

Lacy, J. H., Faraji, H., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Unraveling the 10 µm 'Silicate' Feature of Protostars: The Detection of Frozen Interstellar Ammonia", 1998, Astrophys. J., 501, L105

Langhoff, S. R., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared spectra of substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 1632

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Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Bernstein, M. P., "Organic Chemistry: From the Interstellar Medium to the Solar System", 1998, ASP Conf. Ser., 148, 392

Allamandola, L. J., "The Origin, Composition, and History of Comets from Spectroscopic Studies", 1997, in Analysis of Returned Comet Nucleus Samples, NASA CP-10152, ed. S. Chang (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 455

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Photochemical evolution of interstellar/precometary organic material", 1997, in Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe, IAU Colloquium 126, eds. C. B. Cosmovici, S. Bowyer, and D. Werthimer (Bologna: Editrice Compositori), 23

Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Complex Organics in Laboratory Simulations of Interstellar/Cometary Ices", 1997, Adv. Space Res., 19, 991

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Spectra of Nitriles and Related Compounds Frozen in Ar and H2O", 1997, Astrophys. J., 476, 932

Elsila, J., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "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", 1997, Astrophys. J., 479, 818

Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. 4. The Tetracyclic PAH Isomers Chrysene and 1,2-Benzanthracene", 1997, J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 3472

Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Complex Organic Molecules in Space: The Carriers of the Interstellar Infrared Emission Features ", 1997, Adv. Space Res., 19, 999

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Bernstein, M. P., "The Composition and Ultraviolet and Thermal Processing of Interstellar Ices", 1997, ASP Conf. Ser., 122, 201

Sloan, G. C., Bregman, J. D., Geballe, T. R., Allamandola, L. J., and Woodward, C. E., "Variations in the 3 µm Spectrum Across the Orion Bar; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Molecules", 1997, Astrophys. J., 474, 735

Allamandola, L. J., "PAHS-They're Everywhere!", 1996, in The Cosmic Dust Connection, NATO ASI series C 487, ed. J. M. Greenberg (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 81

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

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Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the 2940 and 2850 Wavenumber (3.40 and 3.51 Micron) Infrared Emission Features", 1996, Astrophys. J., 472, L127

Joblin, C., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Geballe, T. R., "Spatial Variation of the 3.29 and 3.40 Micron Emission Bands within Reflection Nebulae and the Photochemical Evolution of Methylated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1996, Astrophys. J., 458, 610

Roelfsema, P. R., Cox, P., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Baluteau, J.-P., Barlow, M. J., Beintema, D., Boxhoorn, D. R., and 12 coauthors, "SWS Observation of IR Emission Features Towards Compact HII Regions", 1996, , 315, L289

Salama, F., Bakes, E. L. O., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Assessment of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon - Diffuse Interstellar Band Proposal", 1996, Astrophys. J., 458, 621

Sellgren, K., Werner, M. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "A Survey of Near Infrared Emission in Visual Reflection Nebulae", 1996, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 102, 369

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Wooden, D. H., Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J., and Witteborn, F. C., "The Infrared Spectrum of the Galactic Center and the Composition of Interstellar Dust", 1996, Astrophys. J., 461, 210

Allamandola, L. J., "Laboratory Studies of DIB Carriers", 1995, in The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, eds. A. G. G. M. Tielens and T. Snow (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 175

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Hudgins, D. M., and Witteborn, F. C., "Airborne and Laboratory Studies of Interstellar PAHs", 1995, ASP Conf. Ser., 73, 23

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Chang, S., and Scharberg, M. A., "Organic Compounds Produced by Photolysis of Realistic Interstellar and Cometary Ice Analogs Containing Methanol", 1995, Astrophys. J., 454, 327

Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectoscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. 3. The Polyacenes Anthracene, Tetracene, and Pentacene", 1995, J. Phys. Chem., 99, 8978

Hudgins, D. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectoscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. 2: The Members of the Thermodynamically Most Favorable Series through Coronene", 1995, J. Phys. Chem., 99, 3033

Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Visible Luminescence from PAH Cations and the Diffuse Bands in Emission", 1995, in The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, eds. A. G. G. M. Tielens and T. Snow (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 157

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Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Photoinduced Fluorescence from the Perylene Cation Isolated in Ne and Ar Matrices", 1995, J. Chem. Phys., 102, 9743

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 1995, Adv. Space Res., 15, Issue 3, 413

Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Bregman, J. D., Witteborn, F. C., and Cruikshank, D. P., "The Detection of a New Strong Band Near 3590 cm-1 (2.79 µm) in the Spectrum of Io", 1995, ASP Conf. Ser., 73, 337

Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L., "", 1995, in The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, eds. A. G. G. M. Tielens and T. Snow (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 207

Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L. J., "Neutral and Ionized PAHs: Contribution to the Interstellar Extinction", 1995, Planet. Space Sci., 43, 1165

Sandford, S. A., Pendleton, Y. J., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Galactic Distribution of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium", 1995, Astrophys. J., 440, 697

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Very Low Temperature Formaldehyde Reactions and the Build-up of Organic Molecules in Comets and Interstellar Ices", 1995, Adv. Space Res., 15, Issue 3, 401

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Chang, S., "Infrared Spectrum of Matrix-Isolated Hexamethylenetetramine in Ar and H2O at Cryogenic Temperatures", 1994, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 12206

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

Gehrz, R. D., Woodward, C. E., Greenhouse, M. A., Starrfield, S., Wooden, D. H., Witteborn, F. C., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and 2 coauthors, "The Temporal Evolution of the 4-14 Micron Spectrum of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992)", 1994, Astrophys. J., 421, 762

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. a: Matrix-Isolated Naphthalene and Perdeuterated Naphthalene", 1994, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 4243

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A.G.G.M., "Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices: Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances", 1994, in The AAS CD-ROM Series, Volume 1, (: ),

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Pendleton, Y. J., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Sellgren, K., "Near Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Interstellar Hydrocarbon Grains", 1994, Astrophys. J., 437, 683

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L., "PAHs, DIBs and Interstellar Extinction", 1994, ASP Conf. Ser., 58, 279

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

Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycycic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. II. The Phenanthrene Cation (C14>H10+) and its 1-Methyl Derivative", 1994, J. Chem. Phys., 101, 10252

Allamandola, L. J., "Dust, PAHs, and ISO", 1993, ASP Conf. Ser., 41, 197

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Herbst, T. M., "Diamonds in Dense Molecular Clouds — A Challenge to the Standard Interstellar Paradigm", 1993, Science, 260, 64

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices - Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances", 1993, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 86, 713

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Neutral and Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Diffuse Interstellar Bands, and the Ultraviolet Extinction Curve", 1993, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 89, 2277

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "Condensation and Vaporization Studies of CH3OH and NH3 Ices: Major Implications for Astrochemistry", 1993, Astrophys. J., 417, 815

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "H2 in Interstellar and Extragalactic Ices: Infrared Characteristics, Ultraviolet Production, and Implications", 1993, Astrophys. J., 409, L65

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

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "An experimental study of the organic molecules produced in cometary and interstellar ice analogs by thermal formaldehyde reactions", 1993, Icarus, 104, 118

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

Schutte, W. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Theoretical Modelling of the Infrared Fluorescence from Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1993, Astrophys. J., 415, 397

Tegler, S. C., Weintraub, D. A., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Rettig, T. W., and Campins, H., "Detection of the 2165 cm-1 (4.619 µm) XCN Band in the Spectrum of L1551 IRS 5", 1993, Astrophys. J., 411, 260

Allamandola, L. J., "Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1992, in Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Interstellar Molecules, ed. D. K. Bohme (Tokyo: Univ. Tokyo Press), 133

Allamandola, L. J., "Grain Spectroscopy", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 65

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Herbst, T. M., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Dense Clouds in the C-H Stretching Region - Methanol and 'Diamonds'", 1992, Astrophys. J., 399, 134

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Is a Pyrene-Like Molecular Ion Responsible for the 4430 Å Diffuse Interstellar Band?", 1992, Nature, 358, 42

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "UV-Visible and Near IR Absorption Characteristics of Interstellar PAHs. I. C12H8+", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium 150, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 25

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrum of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon C10H8+ - Possible Contributions to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands and to the Ultraviolet-Visible Extinction", 1992, Astrophys. J., 395, 301

Salama, F., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Laboratory Studies of Planetary Molecules and Ices: The Case of Io", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium 135, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 435

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory Simulation of the Photoprocessing and Warm-up of Cometary and Pre-cometary Ices - Production and Analysis of Complex Organic Molecules", 1992, Adv. Space Res., 12, 47

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

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Allamandola, L. J., "PAHs in Space: The Evidence and Implications", 1991, in Solid State Astrophysics, eds. E. Bussoletti and G. Strazzulla (Amsterdam: North Holland Press), 1

Blake, D., Allamandola, L., Sandford, S., Hudgins, D., and Freund, F., "Clathrate Hydrate Formation in Amorphous Cometary Ice Analogs in Vacuo", 1991, Science, 254, 548

Cruikshank, D. P., Allamandola, L. J., Hartmann, W. K., Tholen, D. J., Brown, R. H., Matthews, C. N., and Bell, J. F., "Solid CºN Bearing Material on Outer Solar System Bodies", 1991, Icarus, 94, 345

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Role of Matrix Material and CCl4 (electron acceptor) on the Ionization Mechanisms of Matrix-Isolated Naphthalene", 1991, J. Chem. Phys., 95, 6190

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycycic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. I. The Naphthalene Cation (C10H8+)", 1991, J. Chem. Phys., 94, 6964

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G .G. M., Sellgren, K., Tapia, M., and Pendleton, Y., "The Interstellar C-H Stretching Band near 3.4 µm - Constraints on the Composition of Organic Material in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium", 1991, Astrophys. J., 371, 607

Sandford, S. A., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Trafton, L. M., and Lester, D. F., "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", 1991, Icarus, 91, 125

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory, Observational, and Theoretical Studies of Interstellar Ices", 1991, in Solid-State Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Course CXI on Solid State Astrophysics, eds. E. Bussoletti and G. Strazzula (Amsterdam: N. Holland Pub.), 29

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

Allamandola, L., "The Nature of Interstellar/Pre-Cometary Dust", 1990, in The Physics and Composition of Interstellar Matter, eds. J. Krelowski and J. Papaj (Torun, Poland: Institute of Astronomy), 9

Allamandola, L. J., "Benzenoid Hydrocarbons in Space: The Evidence and Implications", 1990, in Advances in The Theory of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons, Topics in Current Chemistry Book Series, Volume 153, eds. I. Gutman and S. J. Cyvin (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), 1

Allamandola, L. J. and Sandford, S. A., "Interstellar Grain Chemistry and Organic Molecules", 1990, in Carbon in the Galaxy, Studies from Earth and Space, NASA CP 3061 , eds. J. Tarter, S. Chang, and D. J. DeFrees (Washington, D. C.: NASA/Office of Management, Sci. Tech. Info. Div.), 113

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Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Sandford, S. A., and Bregman, J. D., "The 2.5-5.0 µm Spectra of Io: Evidence for H2S and H2O Frozen in SO2. ", 1990, in Proceedings of the 24th ESLAB Symposium on the Formation of Stars and Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System, ed. B. Battrick (Paris: European Space Agency), 203

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

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Physical and Infrared Spectral Properties of CO2 in Astrophysical Ice Analogs", 1990, Astrophys. J., 355, 357

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

Schutte, W. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Wooden, D. H., and Cohen, M., "The Anomalous 3.43 and 3.53 micron Emission Features Towards HD 97048 and Elias I - C-C Vibrational Modes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons? ", 1990, Astrophys. J., 360, 577

Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Emission Features and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1989, in Interstellar Dust, eds. L. J. Allamandola and A. G. G. M. Tielens (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 129

Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J. D., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Witteborn, F. C., Wooden, D. H., and Rank, D., "The Discovery of a New Infrared Emission Feature at 1905 Wavenumbers (5.25 Microns) in the Spectrum of BD +30°3639 and its Relation to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Model", 1989, Astrophys. J., 345, L59

Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Barker, J. R., "Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - the Infrared Emission Bands, the Excitation/Emission Mechanism and the Astrophysical Implications", 1989, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 71, 733

Bregman, J. D., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Geballe, T. R., "The Infrared Emission Bands II — A Spatial and Spectral Study of the Orion Bar", 1989, Astrophys. J., 344, 791

Cohen, M., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Bregman, J., Witteborn, F. C., Rank, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., Wooden, D., and de Muizon, M. J., "The Infrared Emission Bands III — Southern IRAS Sources", 1989, Astrophys. J., 341, 246

Geballe, T. R., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Moorhouse, A., and Brand, P. W. J. L., "Spatial Variations of the 3 Micron Emission Features Within UV-Excited Nebulae — Photochemical Evolution of Interstellar PAHs", 1989, Astrophys. J., 341, 278

Swamy, K. K. S., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., and Bregman, J. D., "Infrared emission from comets", 1989, Astrophys. J., 340, 537

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Witteborn, F. C., Sandford, S. A., Bregman, J. D., Allamandola, L. J., Cohen, M., Wooden, D. H., and Graps, A. L., "New Emission Features in the 11-13 micron Region and Their Relationship to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1989, Astrophys. J., 341, 270

van der Zwet, G. P., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., and Greenberg, J. M., "Infrared Spectrum of the Complex of Formeldehyde with Carbon Dioxide in Argon and Nitrogen Matrices", 1989, J. Mol. Struct., 195, 213

Allamandola, L. J. and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory simulation of dust spectra", 1988, in Dust in the Universe, eds. M. E. Bailey and D. A. Williams (Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge Univ. Press), 229

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

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

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Valero, G. J., "Laboratory studies of the infrared spectral properties of CO in astrophysical ices", 1988, Astrophys. J., 329, 498

Swamy, K. K. S., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., and Bregman, J. D., "A multicomponent model of the infrared emission from Comet Halley", 1988, Icarus, 75, 351

Allamandola, L. J., "Interstellar Problems and Matrix Solutions", 1987, J. Mol. Struct., 157, 255

Allamandola, L. J. [chairperson], "Discussion II: Interpretation of IR Observations", 1987, in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics, eds. A. Léger, L. B. d’Hendecourt, and N. Boccara (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 339

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., and Wopenka, B., "Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and carbon in interplanetary dust particles and meteorites", 1987, Science, 237, 56

Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Barker, J. R., "The IR Emission Features - Emission from PAH Molecules and Amorphous Carbon Particles", 1987, in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics, eds. A. Léger, L. B. d’Hendecourt, and N. Boccara (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 255

Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Barker, J. R., "Infrared Absorption and Emission Characteristics of Interstellar PAHs", 1987, in Interstellar Processes, eds. D. J. Hollenbach and H. A. Thronson, Jr. (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 471

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Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Barker, J. R., "Infrared Emission From Interstellar PAHs", 1987, in Physical Processes in Interstellar Clouds, eds. G. Morfill and M. Scholer (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 305

Barker, J. R., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Anharmonicity and the Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Infrared Emission Spectrum", 1987, Astrophys. J., 315, L61

Bregman, J. D., Witteborn, F. C., Allamandola, L. J., Campins, H., Wooden, D. H., Rank, D. M., Cohen, M., and Tielens, A.G.G.M., "Airborne and Ground-Based Spectrophotometry of Comet P/Halley from 5-13 Micrometers", 1987, Astron. Astrophys., 187, 616

Tielens, A. G. G. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Composition Structure and Chemistry of Interstellar Dust", 1987, in Interstellar Processes, eds. D. J. Hollenbach and H. A. Thronson Jr. (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 397

Tielens, A. G. G. M. and Allamandola, L. J., "Evolution of Interstellar Dust", 1987, in Physical Processes in Interstellar Clouds, eds. G. Morfill and M. Scholer (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 333

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Barker, J. R., and Cohen. M., "The Hydrogen Coverage of Interstellar PAHs", 1987, in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Astrophysics, eds. A. Léger, L. B. d’Hendecourt, and N. Boccara (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 273

Cohen. M., Allamandola, L., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Bregman, J., Simpson, J. P., Witteborn, F. C., Wooden, D., and Rank, D., "The Infrared Emission Bands I — Correlation Studies and the Dependence on C/O Ratio", 1986, Astrophys. J., 302, 737

d’Hendecourt, L. B. and Allamandola, L. J., "Time dependent chemistry in dense molecular clouds. III - Infrared Band Cross Sections of Molecules in the Solid State at 10K", 1986, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 64, 453

d’Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., Grim, R. J. A., and Greenberg, J. M., "Time Dependent Chemistry in Dense Molecular Clouds. II — Ultraviolet Photoprocessing and Infrared Spectroscopy of Grain Mantles", 1986, Astron. Astrophys., 158, 119

van Ijzendoorn, L. J., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., Körnig, S., and Greenberg, J. M., "Laser Induced Fluorescence and Phosphorescence of Matrix Isolated Glyoxal: Evidence for Exciplex Formation in the à 1Au and ã3Au States", 1986, J. Chem. Phys., 85, 1812

Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Barker, J. R., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands — Auto Exhaust Along the Milky Way", 1985, Astrophys. J., 290, L25

Cohen. M., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "A New Emission Feature in IRAS Spectra and the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Spectrum", 1985, Astrophys. J., 299, L93

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Crawford, M. K., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 1985, Astrophys. J., 293, L45

Sellgren, K., Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J. D., Werner, M. W., and Wooden, D. H., "Emission features in the 4-13 Micron Spectra of the Reflection Nebulae NGC 7023 and NGC 2023", 1985, Astrophys. J., 299, 416

Van der Zwet, G. P. and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 1985, Astron. Astrophys., 146, 76

Van der Zwet, G. P., Baas, F., Greenberg, J. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Laboratory Identification of the Emission Features Near 3.5 mm in the Pre-Main-Sequence Star HD 97048", 1985, Astron. Astrophys., 145, 262

d’Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., and Greenberg, J. M., "Time Dependent Chemistry in Dense Molecular Clouds. I — Grain Surface Reactions, Gas/Grain Interactions and Infrared Spectroscopy", 1985, Astron. Astrophys., 152, 130

Allamandola, L. J., "Absorption and Emission Characteristics of Interstellar Dust", 1984, in Galactic and Extra-galactic Infrared Spectroscopy, XVIth Eslab Symposium, eds. M. Kessler and P. Phillips (Dordrecht: D. Reidel), 5

Bregman, J., Simpson, J. P., Witteborn, F., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "The Unidentified Emission Features: A Study of the Orion Bar and Planetary Nebulae", 1984, in NASA/ASP Symposium on Airborne Astronomy, NASA CP 2353, eds. H. A. Thronson, Jr. and E. F. Erickson (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 140

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

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

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J., Goebel, J., Witteborn, F., and d’Hendecourt, L. B., "Interstellar Grain Mantles", 1984, in NASA/ASP Symposium on Airborne Astronomy, NASA CP 2353, , eds. H. A. Thronson, Jr. and E. F. Erickson (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 240

Baas, F., Allamandola, L. J., Geballe, T. R., Persson, S. E., and Lacy, J. H., "Identification of the Emission Feature near 3.5 microns in the Pre-Main-Sequence Star HD 97048", 1983, Astrophys. J., 265, 290

Clegg, R. E. S., van Ijzendoorn, L. J., and Allamandola, L. J., "Circumstellar Silicon Chemistry and the SiO Maser", 1983, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 203, 125

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

van Ijzendoorn, L. J., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., and Greenberg, J. M., "Visible Spectroscopy of Matrix Isolated HCO: the 2A″(Π) ← X2A′ Transition", 1983, J. Chem. Phys., 78, 7019

Hamilton, C. E., Lesiecki, M. L., Allamandola, L. J., and Nibler, J. W., "Spectroscopy and Triplet State Lifetime for Yttrium Fluoride (YF) in Inert Gas Matrices", 1982, J. Chem. Phys., 76, 189

Lucas, D., Allamandola, L. J., and Pimentel, G. C., "Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectra of Hydrogen Halide and Halogen Complexes with Nitrosyl Halide", 1982, Croat. Chem. Acta, 55, 121

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

d’Hendecourt, L. B., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., and Greenberg, J. M., "Interstellar Grain Explosions — Molecule Cycling Between Gas and Dust", 1982, Astron. Astrophys., 109, L12

Exarhos, G. H., Mayer, J., Klemperer, and Allamandola, L. J., "Chemical Processes in the Interstellar Medium: On the Nature of the Carrier of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands [and Discussion]", 1981, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 303, 509

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

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

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

Hagen, W., Allamandola, L. J., Greenberg, J. M., and Tielens, A. G. G. H., "Interstellar Matrices", 1980, J. Mol. Struct., 60, 281

Van de Bult, C. E. P. M., Allamandola, L. J., Baas, F., van Ijzendoorn, L., and Greenberg, J. M., "Chemiluminescence of N2, NH and O2 in Argon Matrices", 1980, J. Mol. Struct., 61, 235

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Allamandola, L. J., Greenberg, J. M., and Norman, C. A., "On the Middle Infra-red Fluorescence and Absorption of Molecules in Grain Mantles", 1979, Astron. Astrophys., 77, 66

Allamandola, L. J. and Norman, C. A., "Infra-red Molecular Line Emission from Grain Surfaces in Dense Clouds", 1979, Astron. Astrophys., 77, 261

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

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

Allamandola, L. J. and Norman, C. A., "Infra-Red Emission Lines from Molecules in Grain Mantles", 1978, Astron. Astrophys., 63, L23

Allamandola, L. J. and Norman, C. A., "Infra-red Molecular Line Emission from Grain Surfaces in Dense Clouds", 1978, Astron. Astrophys., 66, 129

Allamandola, L. J., Rojhantalab, H. M., and Nibler, J. W., "Vibrational Energy Transfer Studies of Matrix Isolated C2-", 1978, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 82, 126

Rojhantalab, H. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Nibler, J. W., "Flourescence Studies of Copper (II) Oxide in an Argon Matrix", 1978, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 82, 107

Allamandola, L. J., Rojhantalab, H. M., Nibler, J. W., and Chappell, T., "Vibrational Relaxation Studies of Matrix Isolated C2-", 1977, J. Chem. Phys., 67, 99

Allamandola, L. J. and Nibler, J. W., "Vibrational Spectra and Structure of Methylberyllium Borohydride", 1976, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 98, 2096

Allamandola, L. J. and Nibler, J. W., "Vibrational Lifetime Measurements of Matrix Isolated Molecules by an Optical 'Double-Resonance' Method", 1974, Chem. Phys. Lett., 28, 335

Boersma, C., Sánchez de Armas, F., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, E., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: A Demo of its Contents and Web Tools", , in American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #305.05, ( : ), 275

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Scott Sandford



Jenniskens, P., Shaddad, M. H., Numan, D., Elsir, S., Kudoda, A. M., Zolensky, M. E., Le, L., Robinson, G. A., and 27 coauthors, "The Impact and Recovery of Asteroid 2008 TC3", 2009, Nature, 458, 485

Küppers, M., Keller, H. U., Kührt, E., A'Hearn, M. F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., Busemann, H., Capria, M. T., and 104 coauthors, "Triple F — A Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission", 2009, Exper. Astron., 23, 809 [PDF]

Nuevo, M., Milam, S. N., Sandford, S. A., Elsila, J. E., and Dworkin, J. P., "Formation of Uracil from the Ultraviolet Photo-Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Pure H2O Ices", 2009, Astrobiology, 9, 683

Cody, G. D., Ade, H., Alexander, C. M. O'D., Araki, T., Butterworth, A., Fleckenstein, H., Flynn, G., Gilles, M. K., and 8 coauthors, "Quantitative Organic and Light-Element Analysis of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Particles using C-, N-, and O- μ-XANES", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 353 [PDF]

Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Detection of Cometary Amines in Samples Returned by Stardust", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 399 [PDF]

Leitner, J., Stephan, T., Kearsley, A. T., Hörz, F., Flynn, G. J., and Sandford, S. A., "TOF-SIMS Analysis of Crater Residues from Wild 2 Cometary Particles on Stardust Aluminum Foil", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 161 [PDF]

Mastrapa, R. M., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Roush, T. L., Cruikshank, D. P., and Ore, C. M. D., "Optical constants of amorphous and crystalline H2O-ice in the near infrared from 1.1 to 2.6 μm", 2008, Icarus, 197, 307 [PDF]

Matrajt, G., Ito, M., Wirick, S., Messenger, S., Brownlee, D. E., Joswiak, D., Flynn, G., Sandford, S., and 2 coauthors, "Carbon Investigation of Two Stardust Particles: A TEM, NanoSIMS, and XANES Study", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 315 [PDF]

Rotundi, A., Baratta, G. A., Borg, J., Brucato, J. R., Busemann, H., Colangeli, L., d’Hendecourt, L., Djouadi, Z., and 12 coauthors, "Combined Micro-Raman, Micro-Infrared, and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope Analyses of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Particles Collected by Stardust", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 367 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., "Terrestrial Analysis of the Organic Component of Comet Dust", 2008, Ann. Rev. Anal. Chem., 1, 549 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., "Organics in the Samples Returned from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft", 2008, in Organic Matter in Space, IAU Symposium 251, eds. S. Kwok and S. Sandford (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), 299 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Messenger, S., DiSanti, M., Keller, L., and Altwegg, K., "Oxygen in Comets and Interplanetary Dust Particles [galley proof]", 2008, in Oxygen in the Solar System, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol. 68, eds. G. J. MacPherson (editor in chief), D. W. Middlefeldt, and J. H. Jones (science co-editors) (Chantilly, VA: Mineralogical Society of America & Geochemical Society), 247 [PDF]

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Stephan, T., Flynn, G. J., Sandford, S. A., and Zolensky, M. E., "TOF-SIMS Analysis of Cometary Particles Extracted from Stardust Aerogel", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 285 [PDF]

Stephan, T., Rost, D., Vicenzi, E. P., Bullock, E. S., MacPherson, G. J., Westphal, A. J., Snead, C. J., Flynn, G. J., and 2 coauthors, "TOF-SIMS Analysis of Cometary Matter in Stardust Aerogel Tracks", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 233 [PDF]

Westphal, A. J., Bastien, R. K., Borg, J., Bridges, J., Brownlee, D. E., Burchell, M. J., Cheng, A. F., Clark, B. C., and 23 coauthors, "Discovery of Non-random Spatial Distribution of Impacts in the Stardust Cometary Collector", 2008, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 43, 415 [PDF]

Yabuta, H., Cody, G. D., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., Araki, T., Alexander, C. M. O’D., and Sandford, S., "X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy analyses of organic matter in comet particles [in Japanese]", 2008, Res. Organic Geochem., 23, 147

Ashbourn, S. F. M., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Ultraviolet Photolysis of Anthracene in H2O Interstellar Ice Analogs: Potential Connection to Meteoritic Organics", 2007, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 42, 2035 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Mattioda, A. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "Near- and Mid-Infrared Laboratory Spectra of PAH Cations in Solid H2O", 2007, Astrophys. J., 664, 1264 [PDF]

Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Bernstein, M. P., Martin, M. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Mechanisms of Amino Acid Formation in Interstellar Ice Analogs", 2007, Astrophys. J., 660, 911 [PDF]

Ennico, K. A., Sandford, S. A., and the ABE/ASPIRE Science Teams, "AstroBiology Explorer Mission Concepts (ABE/ASPIRE)", 2007, Adv. Space Res., 40, 649 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A. and Brownlee, D. E., "Response to Comment on "Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft"", 2007, Science, 317, 1680 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Cruikshank, D. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Near-infrared Spectra of Laboratory H2O - CH4 Mixtures", 2006, Icarus, 181, 302 [PDF]

Brownlee, D., Tsou, P., Aléon, J., Alexander, C. M. O.’D., Araki, T., Bajt, S., Baratta, G. A., Bastien, R., and 175 coauthors, "Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Microscope", 2006, Science, 314, 1711 [PDF]

Elsila, J. E., Hammond, M. R., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Zare, R. N., "UV photolysis of quinoline in interstellar ice analogs", 2006, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 41, 785

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Keller, L. P., Bajt, S., Baratta, G. A., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Brownlee, D. E., Busemann, H., Brucato, J. R., and 25 coauthors, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Samples Returned by Stardust", 2006, Science, 314, 1728 [PDF]

Messenger, S., Sandford, S., and Brownlee, D., "The Population of Starting Materials Available for Solar System Construction [preprint]", 2006, in Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, eds. D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr. (Tucson, AZ: Univ. Arizona Press), 187 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Aléon, J., Alexander, C. M. O.'D., Araki, T., Bajt, S., Baratta, G. A., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., and 47 coauthors, "Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft", 2006, Science, 314, 1720 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Cruikshank, D. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Near-infrared laboratory spectra of solid H2O/CO2 and CH3OH/CO2 ice mixtures", 2005, Icarus, 179, 527 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Mattioda, A. L., Sandford, S. A., and Hudgins, D. M., "Laboratory Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles: Quinoline and Phenanthridine in Solid Argon and H2O", 2005, Astrophys. J., 626, 909 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectra of Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Conditions Relevant to Dense Interstellar Clouds", 2005, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 161, 53 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. L., "Laboratory IR spectra of 4-azachrysene in solid H2O", 2005, Adv. Space Res., 36, 166 [PDF]

Bradley, J., Dai, Z. R., Erni, R., Browning, N., Graham, G., Weber, P., Smith, J., Hutcheon, I., and 5 coauthors, "An Astronomical 2175 Å Feature in Interplanetary Dust Particles", 2005, Science, 307, 244 [PDF]

Cruikshank, D. P., Owen, T. C., Ore, C. D., Geballe, T. R., Roush, T. L., de Bergh, C., Sandford, S. A., Poulet, F., and 2 coauthors, "A spectroscopic study of the surfaces of Saturn's large satellites: H2O ice, tholins, and minor constituents", 2005, Icarus, 175, 268 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., "Organic synthesis in space", 2005, in Astrophysics of life, Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series, Vol. 16, eds. M. Livio, I. N. Reid, , and W. B. Sparks (Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press ), 54

Bernstein, M. P., Ashbourn, S. F. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Lifetimes of Nitriles (CN) and Acids (COOH) during Ultraviolet Photolysis and their Survival in Space", 2004, Astrophys. J., 601, 365 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Bauschlicher C. W., and Sandford, S. A., "The infrared spectrum of matrix isolated aminoacetonitrile, a precursor to the amino acid glycine", 2004, Adv. Space Res., 33, 40 [PDF]

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Brownlee, D. E., Hörz, F., Newburn, R. L., Zolensky, M., Duxbury, T. C., Sandford, S., Sekanina, Z., Tsou, P., and 4 coauthors, "Surface of Young Jupiter Family Comet 81 P/Wild 2: View from the Stardust Spacecraft", 2004, Science, 304, 1764 [PDF]

Clark, B. C., Green, S. F., Economou, T. E., Sandford, S. A., Zolensky, M. E., McBride, N., and Brownlee, D. E., "Release and Fragmentation of Aggregates to Produce Heterogeneous Lumpy Coma Streams", 2004, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E12S03 [PDF]

Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, J. S, Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Elsila, J. E., McGlothlin, D. R., and Zare, R. N., "An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations", 2004, Adv. Space Res., 33, 67 [PDF]

Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Sandford, S. A., "The Impact of Deuteration on the Infrared Spectra of Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2004, Astrophys. J., 614, 770 [PDF]

Peeters, E., Allamandola, L. J., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Deuterated interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2004, Astrophys. J., 604, 252 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., and Allamandola, L. J., "The mid-infrared laboratory spectra of naphthalene (C10H8) in solid H2O", 2004, Astrophys. J., 607, 346 [PDF]

Tsou, P., Brownlee, D. E., Anderson, J. D., Bhaskaran, S., Cheuvront, A. R., Clark, B. C., Duxbury, T., Economou, T., and 12 coauthors, "Stardust Encounters Comet 81P/Wild 2", 2004, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E12S01 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Moore, M. H., Elsila, J. E., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Zare, R. N., "Side group Addition to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Coronene by proton Irradiation in Cosmic Ice Analogs", 2003, Astrophys. J., 582, L25 [PDF]

Brownlee, D. E., Tsou, P., Anderson, J. D., Hanner, M. S., Newburn, R. L., Sekanina, Z., Clark, B. C., Hörz, F., and 5 coauthors, "Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission", 2003, J. Geophys. Res., 108, Issue E10, 8111 [PDF]

Kissel, J., Glasmachers, A., Grün, E., Henkel, H., Höfner, H., Haerendel, G., von Hoerner, H., Hornung, K., and 16 coauthors, "Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer for comet Wild 2", 2003, J. Geophys. Res., 108, Issue E10, 8114 [PDF]

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

Bernstein, M. P., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Zare, R. N., "Side group Addition to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Coronene by UV Photolysis in Cosmic Ice analogs", 2002, Astrophys. J., 576, 1115 [PDF]

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Deamer, D., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., and Allamandola, L. J., "The First Cell Membranes", 2002, Astrobiology, 2, 371 [PDF]

Ennico, K. A., Sandford, S., Cox, S., Ellis, B., Gallagher, D. J., Gautier, N., Greene, T. P., McCreight, C. R., and 2 coauthors, "AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept", 2002, Proc. SPIE, 4495, 273 [PDF]

Sandford, S., Allamandola, L., Bregman, J. D., Ennico, K. A., Greene, T. P., Hudgins, D., and Strecker, D. W., "Identifying Organic Molecules in Space: The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept", 2002, Proc. SPIE, 4495, 170 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Ultraviolet Irradiation of Naphthalene in H2O Ice: Implications for Meteorites and Biogenesis", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 36, 351 [PDF]

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

Ehrenfreund, P., Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Photostability of Amino Acids in Space", 2001, Astrophys. J., 550, L95 [PDF]

Sandford, S., "Book Review of 'Molecular Hydrogen in Space', edited by F. Combes and G. Pineau des Forets", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 36, 1411 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., "The Astrobiology Explorer (ABE) Midex Mission Concept - Exploring the Links Between the Interstellar Medium and Meteorites", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci. Supp., 36, A181

Sandford, S. A., "The Compositon of Organics and Volatiles in the Interstellar Medium", 2001, ASP Conf. Ser., 231, 152

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

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., and Dworkin, J. P., "Assessment of the Interstellar Processes Leading to Deuterium Enrichment in Meteoritic Organics", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 36, 1117 [PDF]

Sandford, S. A., Dworkin, J. P., Deamer, D. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Molecules: A Possible Linkage Between Interstellar Chemistry and Meteoritic Organics", 2001, Meteor. Planet. Sci. Supp., 36, A181 [PDF]

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Bernstein, M. P, Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, S. J., and Zare, R. N., "Formation of Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar and Cometary Ices", 2000, ASP Conf. Ser., 213, 197

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "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", 2000, Astrophys. J., 542, 894 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials", 2000, in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos, ed. D. H. Levi (New York, NY: Byron Preiss Visual Publications and Scientific American), 265

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

Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Deamer, D. W., Gillette, S. J., and Zare, R. N., "Syntheisis of Large Molecules in Cometary Ice Analogs: Physical Properties", 2000, ASP Conf. Ser., 213, 195

Geballe, T. R., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Spectroscopic Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Frozen in Interstellar Ices [retraction]", 2000, Science, 287, 973

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., and Zare, R. N., "Deuterium Enrichment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Photochemically Induced Exchange with Deuterium-rich Cosmic Ices", 2000, Astrophys. J., 538, 691 [PDF]

Sandford, S., Greene, T. P., Allamandola, L., Arno, R., Bregman, J. D., Cox, S., Davis, P. K., Gonzales, A., and 9 coauthors, "Explorer-class Astrobiology Mission", 2000, Proc. SPIE, 4013, 604

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. L., "Evolution of Interstellar Ices", 1999, in Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, International Space Science Institute Book Series, Vol. 8, eds. K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, and W. Huebner (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 219 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Hudgins, D. M., and Sandford, S. A., "Modeling the Unidentified Infrared Emission with Combinations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1999, Astrophys. J., 511, L115 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P. and Sandford, S. A., "Variations in the Strength of the Infrared Forbidden 2328.2 cm-1 Fundamental of Solid N2 in Binary Mixtures", 1999, Spec. Acta A, 55, 2455 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials", 1999, Scientific American, 281, Issue 1, 26

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

Hudgins, D. M. and Sandford, S. A., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 1. PAHs Containing 2 to 4 Rings", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 329

Hudgins, D. M. and Sandford, S. A., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 2. PAHs Containing 5 or More Rings", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 344

Hudgins, D. M. and Sandford, S. A., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 3. Fluoranthene and the Benzofluoranthenes", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 353

Lacy, J. H., Faraji, H., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Unraveling the 10 µm 'Silicate' Feature of Protostars: The Detection of Frozen Interstellar Ammonia", 1998, Astrophys. J., 501, L105

Langhoff, S. R., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared spectra of substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 1632

Sandford, S. A., "Why You Can't Have a Snowball Fight on Mars", 1998, Mercury, 27, Issue 1, 19

Sandford, S. A., "Meteorites on Ice: Collecting Primitive Solar System Materials in Antarctica", 1998, ASP Conf. Ser., 141, 265

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Bernstein, M. P., "Organic Chemistry: From the Interstellar Medium to the Solar System", 1998, ASP Conf. Ser., 148, 392

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., and Sandford, S. A., "Photochemical evolution of interstellar/precometary organic material", 1997, in Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe, IAU Colloquium 126, eds. C. B. Cosmovici, S. Bowyer, and D. Werthimer (Bologna: Editrice Compositori), 23

Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Langhoff, S. R., Sandford, S. A., and Hudgins, D. M., "Infrared Spectra of Perdeuterated Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Chrysene, and Pyrene", 1997, J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 2414

Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Complex Organics in Laboratory Simulations of Interstellar/Cometary Ices", 1997, Adv. Space Res., 19, 991

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Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Infrared Spectra of Nitriles and Related Compounds Frozen in Ar and H2O", 1997, Astrophys. J., 476, 932

Elsila, J., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "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", 1997, Astrophys. J., 479, 818

Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Complex Organic Molecules in Space: The Carriers of the Interstellar Infrared Emission Features ", 1997, Adv. Space Res., 19, 999

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Bernstein, M. P., "The Composition and Ultraviolet and Thermal Processing of Interstellar Ices", 1997, ASP Conf. Ser., 122, 201

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

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the 2940 and 2850 Wavenumber (3.40 and 3.51 Micron) Infrared Emission Features", 1996, Astrophys. J., 472, L127

Brownlee, D. E., Burnett, D., Clark, B., Hanner, M. S., Hörz, F., Kissel, J., Newburn, R., Sandford, S., and 3 coauthors, "Stardust: Comet and interstellar dust sample return mission", 1996, ASP Conf. Ser., 104, 223

Roelfsema, P. R., Cox, P., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., Baluteau, J.-P., Barlow, M. J., Beintema, D., Boxhoorn, D. R., and 12 coauthors, "SWS Observation of IR Emission Features Towards Compact HII Regions", 1996, , 315, L289

Sandford, S., "Review of 'Life in the Universe' (A Scientific American Special Issue)", 1996, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 31, 315

Sandford, S. A., "The Composition of Interstellar Grains and Ices", 1996, ASP Conf. Ser., 97, 29

Sandford, S. A., "The Inventory of Interstellar Materials Available for the Formation of the Solar System", 1996, Meteor. Planet. Sci., 31, 449

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Hudgins, D. M., and Witteborn, F. C., "Airborne and Laboratory Studies of Interstellar PAHs", 1995, ASP Conf. Ser., 73, 23

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Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Chang, S., and Scharberg, M. A., "Organic Compounds Produced by Photolysis of Realistic Interstellar and Cometary Ice Analogs Containing Methanol", 1995, Astrophys. J., 454, 327

Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Bregman, J. D., Witteborn, F. C., and Cruikshank, D. P., "The Detection of a New Strong Band Near 3590 cm-1 (2.79 µm) in the Spectrum of Io", 1995, ASP Conf. Ser., 73, 337

Sandford, S. A., Pendleton, Y. J., and Allamandola, L. J., "The Galactic Distribution of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium", 1995, Astrophys. J., 440, 697

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Very Low Temperature Formaldehyde Reactions and the Build-up of Organic Molecules in Comets and Interstellar Ices", 1995, Adv. Space Res., 15, Issue 3, 401

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Chang, S., "Infrared Spectrum of Matrix-Isolated Hexamethylenetetramine in Ar and H2O at Cryogenic Temperatures", 1994, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 12206

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

Gehrz, R. D., Woodward, C. E., Greenhouse, M. A., Starrfield, S., Wooden, D. H., Witteborn, F. C., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and 2 coauthors, "The Temporal Evolution of the 4-14 Micron Spectrum of V1974 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1992)", 1994, Astrophys. J., 421, 762

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. a: Matrix-Isolated Naphthalene and Perdeuterated Naphthalene", 1994, J. Phys. Chem., 98, 4243

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A.G.G.M., "Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices: Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances", 1994, in The AAS CD-ROM Series, Volume 1, (: ),

Pendleton, Y. J., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Sellgren, K., "Near Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Interstellar Hydrocarbon Grains", 1994, Astrophys. J., 437, 683

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

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

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Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Herbst, T. M., "Diamonds in Dense Molecular Clouds — A Challenge to the Standard Interstellar Paradigm", 1993, Science, 260, 64

Bregman, J., Rank, D., Sandford, S. A., and Temi, P., "Spectral Imaging of the 3.3 and 11.3 µm Emission Bands in NGC 1333 - Discovery of Spatially Separate Band Emissions", 1993, Astrophys. J., 410, 668

Hudgins, D. M., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ices - Optical Constants and Integrated Absorbances", 1993, Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 86, 713

Sandford, S. A., "Interstellar Ices, Their Processing, and Their Relationship to Refractory Dust", 1993, ASP Conf. Ser., 41, 181

Sandford, S. A., "The Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectra of Antarctic Ureilites", 1993, Meteoritics, 28, 579

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "Condensation and Vaporization Studies of CH3OH and NH3 Ices: Major Implications for Astrochemistry", 1993, Astrophys. J., 417, 815

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "H2 in Interstellar and Extragalactic Ices: Infrared Characteristics, Ultraviolet Production, and Implications", 1993, Astrophys. J., 409, L65

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

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "An experimental study of the organic molecules produced in cometary and interstellar ice analogs by thermal formaldehyde reactions", 1993, Icarus, 104, 118

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

Tegler, S. C., Weintraub, D. A., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Rettig, T. W., and Campins, H., "Detection of the 2165 cm-1 (4.619 µm) XCN Band in the Spectrum of L1551 IRS 5", 1993, Astrophys. J., 411, 260

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Herbst, T. M., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Dense Clouds in the C-H Stretching Region - Methanol and 'Diamonds'", 1992, Astrophys. J., 399, 134

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Brownlee, D. E. and Sandford, S. A., "Cosmic dust", 1992, in , eds. G. C. Carle, D. E. Schwartz, and J. L. Huntington (: ), 145

Salama, F., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Laboratory Studies of Planetary Molecules and Ices: The Case of Io", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium 135, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 435

Sandford, S.A., "A Report on the 1984-1985 ANSMET Field Season", 1992, in Field and Laboratory Investigations of Antarctic Meteorites Collected by United States Expeditions, 1985-1987, Smithsonian Contributions #30, eds. U.B. Marvin and G.J. MacPherson (: ), 5

Schutte, W. A., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory Simulation of the Photoprocessing and Warm-up of Cometary and Pre-cometary Ices - Production and Analysis of Complex Organic Molecules", 1992, Adv. Space Res., 12, 47

Blake, D., Allamandola, L., Sandford, S., Hudgins, D., and Freund, F., "Clathrate Hydrate Formation in Amorphous Cometary Ice Analogs in Vacuo", 1991, Science, 254, 548

Sandford, S. A., "The Spectrum of NGC 7027 from 3080 to 2630 wavenumbers (3.25-3.80 µm) - Detection of New Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Lines and New Constraints on the Chemical Sidegroups on Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons", 1991, Astrophys. J., 376, 599

Sandford, S. A., "Constraints on the Parent Bodies of Collected Interplanetary Dust Particles", 1991, in Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust, IAU Colloquium 126, eds. A. C. Levasseur-Regourd and H. Hasegawa (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 397

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G .G. M., Sellgren, K., Tapia, M., and Pendleton, Y., "The Interstellar C-H Stretching Band near 3.4 µm - Constraints on the Composition of Organic Material in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium", 1991, Astrophys. J., 371, 607

Sandford, S. A., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Trafton, L. M., and Lester, D. F., "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", 1991, Icarus, 91, 125

Schutte, W. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Sandford, S. A., "10 µm Spectra of Protostars and the Solid Methanol Abundance", 1991, Astrophys. J., 382, 523

Tielens, A. G. G. M., Allamandola, L. J., and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory, Observational, and Theoretical Studies of Interstellar Ices", 1991, in Solid-State Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Course CXI on Solid State Astrophysics, eds. E. Bussoletti and G. Strazzula (Amsterdam: N. Holland Pub.), 29

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

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Allamandola, L. J. and Sandford, S. A., "Interstellar Grain Chemistry and Organic Molecules", 1990, in Carbon in the Galaxy, Studies from Earth and Space, NASA CP 3061 , eds. J. Tarter, S. Chang, and D. J. DeFrees (Washington, D. C.: NASA/Office of Management, Sci. Tech. Info. Div.), 113

Buss Jr., R. H., Cohen, M., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Werner, M. W., Bregman, J. D., Witteborn, F. C., Rank, D., and Sandford, S. A., "Hydrocarbon Emission Features in the IR Spectra of Warm Supergiants", 1990, Astrophys. J., 365, L23

Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Sandford, S. A., and Bregman, J. D., "The 2.5-5.0 µm Spectra of Io: Evidence for H2S and H2O Frozen in SO2. ", 1990, in Proceedings of the 24th ESLAB Symposium on the Formation of Stars and Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System, ed. B. Battrick (Paris: European Space Agency), 203

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

Sandford, S. A. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Physical and Infrared Spectral Properties of CO2 in Astrophysical Ice Analogs", 1990, Astrophys. J., 355, 357

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

Allamandola, L. J., Bregman, J. D., Sandford, S. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Witteborn, F. C., Wooden, D. H., and Rank, D., "The Discovery of a New Infrared Emission Feature at 1905 Wavenumbers (5.25 Microns) in the Spectrum of BD +30°3639 and its Relation to the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Model", 1989, Astrophys. J., 345, L59

Sandford, S. A., "Interstellar Dust in Collected Interplanetary Dust Particles", 1989, in Interstellar Dust, IAU Symposium 135, eds. L. J. Allamandola and A. G. G. M. Tielens (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 403

Sandford, S. A. and Bradley, J. P., "Interplanetary Dust Particles Collected in the Stratosphere: Observations of Atmospheric Heating and Constraints on their Inter-relationships and Sources", 1989, Icarus, 82, 146

Swamy, K. K. S., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., and Bregman, J. D., "Infrared emission from comets", 1989, Astrophys. J., 340, 537

Witteborn, F. C., Sandford, S. A., Bregman, J. D., Allamandola, L. J., Cohen, M., Wooden, D. H., and Graps, A. L., "New Emission Features in the 11-13 micron Region and Their Relationship to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 1989, Astrophys. J., 341, 270

Allamandola, L. J. and Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory simulation of dust spectra", 1988, in Dust in the Universe, eds. M. E. Bailey and D. A. Williams (Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge Univ. Press), 229

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

Bally, J., Boss, A., Papanastassiou, D., Sandford, S., and Sargent, A., "Star formation and the solar system", 1988, in Galactic and Extragalactic Star Formation, NATO ASI Series C, Vol. 232, eds. R. E. Pudritz and M. Fich (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 311

Bradley, J. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. M., "Interplanetary dust particles", 1988, in Meteorites and the Early Solar System, eds. J. Kerridge and M. S. Matthews (Tucson: Univ. Arizona Press), 861

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

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Valero, G. J., "Laboratory studies of the infrared spectral properties of CO in astrophysical ices", 1988, Astrophys. J., 329, 498

Sandford, S.A., "The spectral properties of collected interplanetary dust particles", 1988, in Dust in the Universe, eds. M. E. Bailey and D. A. Williams (Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press), 193

Swamy, K. K. S., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., and Bregman, J. D., "A multicomponent model of the infrared emission from Comet Halley", 1988, Icarus, 75, 351

Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., and Wopenka, B., "Interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and carbon in interplanetary dust particles and meteorites", 1987, Science, 237, 56

Sandford, S. A., "The collection and analysis of extraterrestrial dust particles", 1987, Fund. Cosmic Phys., 12, 1

Sandford, S. A., "Solar flare track densities in interplanetary dust particles: The determination of an asteroidal versus cometary source of the zodiacal dust cloud", 1986, Icarus, 68, 377

Sandford, S. A., "Acid dissolution experiments — Carbonates and the 6.8 micrometer bands in interplanetary dust particles", 1986, Science, 231, 1540

Fahey, A., McKeegan, K. D., Sandford, S. A., Walker, R. M., and Wopenka, B., "Complementary laboratory measurements of individual interplanetary dust particles", 1985, in Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust, eds. R. H. Giese and P. Lamy (: D. Reidel), 149

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Sandford, S. A., "Laboratory infrared transmission spectra from 2.5 to 25 microns of individual interplanetary dust particles", 1985, Doctoral Dissertation, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Sandford, S. A., "1984-1985 ANSMET season", 1985, Eos, 66, 1199

Sandford, S. A. and Walker, R. M., "Laboratory infrared transmission spectra of individual interplanetary dust particles from 2.5 to 25 microns", 1985, Astrophys. J., 291, 838

Sandford, S. A., "Infrared transmission spectra from 2.5 to 25 microns of various meteorite classes", 1984, Icarus, 60, 115

Fraundorf, P., McKeegan, K. D., Sandford, S. A., Swan, P., and Walker, R. M., "An inventory of particles from stratospheric collectors: Extraterrestrial and otherwise", 1982, J. Geophys. Res., 87, Issue S1, A403

Hanson, K. M., Bradbury, J. N., Koeppe, R. A., Macek, R. J., Machen, D. R., Morgado, R., Paciotti, M. A., Sandford, S. A., and 1 coauthor, "Proton computed tomography of human specimens", 1982, Phys. Med. Biol., 27, 25

Paciotti, M., Bradbury, J., Inoue, H., Rivera, O., and Sandford, S., "Beam characteristics in the LAMPF biomedical channel", 1981, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 28, 3150

Sanford, A., Sandford, S., Wallace, T., Barrows, L., Sheldon, J., Ward, R., Johansen, S., and Merritt, L., "Seismicity in the area of the waste isolation pilot plant (WIPP), SAND80-7096", 1980, in Report prepared for Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM., (: ),

Paciotti, M., Amols, H., Bradbury, J., Rivera, O., Hogstrom, K., Smith, A., Inoue, H., Laubacher, D., and 1 coauthor, "Pion beam development for the LAMPF biomedical project", 1979, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 26, 3071

Sanford, A., Sandford, S., Caravella, F., Merritt, L., Sheldon, J., and Ward, R., "Seismic studies of the Los Medanos area in Southeastern New Mexico", 1978, in Report prepared for Sandia National Laboratories, Contract 03-6233, Albuquerque, NM., (: ),

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Farid Salama



Cox, N. L. J., Ehrenfreund, P., Foing, B. H., d'Hendecourt, L., Salama, F. and Sarre, P., "Linear and circular spectropolarimetry of diffuse interstellar bands", 2011, Astron. Astrophys., 531, A25

Searles, J. M., Destree, J. D., Snow, T. P., Salama, F., York, D. G. and Dahlstrom, J. "Searching for Naphthalene Cation Absorption in the Interstellar Medium", 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 732, 50

Halasinski, T., Ruiterkamp, R., Salama, F., Foing, B.H., Ehrenfreund, P., "C84: A Prototype of Large Fullerenes Laboratory Spectroscopy and Astronomical Search", 2011, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 19, 398

Salama, F., Galazutdinov, G. Krelowski J., Biennier, L., Beletsky, Y. and Song, I., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands. A Survey", 2011, Astrophys. J., 728, 154

Tan, X., Bernstein, L., Cami, J. and Salama, F., "On Estimating Interstellar PAH Abundances with Calculated Oscillator Strengths", 2011, Astrophys. J., 728, 62

Contreras, C., Ricketts, C. and Salama, F., "Formation and Evolution of Circumstellar and Interstellar PAHs - A Laboratory Study", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 201

Ricketts, C., Contreras, C., Walker, R. and Salama, F., "The coupling of a Reflectron Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with a Cosmic Simulation Chamber: A powerful new Tool for Laboratory Astrophysics", 2011, Int. J. Mass Spec, 300, 26

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Haxton, W., Herbst, E., and 4 coauthors, "Laboratory Astrophysics and the State of Astronomy and Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0903.2469v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Haxton, W., Herbst, E., and 4 coauthors, "Roles and Needs of Laboratory Astrophysics in NASA's Space and Earth Science Mission", 2009, arXiv: 0903.4592v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Herbst, E., Olive, K., and 3 coauthors, "New Discoveries in Stars and Stellar Evolution through Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0902.4688v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Herbst, E., Olive, K., and 3 coauthors, "New Discoveries in Cosmology and Fundamental Physics through Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0902.4666v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Herbst, E., Olive, K., and 3 coauthors, "New Discoveries in Planetary Systems and Star Formation through Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0902.4882v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Herbst, E., Olive, K., and 3 coauthors, "New Discoveries in the Galactic Neighborhood Through Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0902.4747v1

Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, P., Federman, S., Ferland, G., Frank, A., Herbst, E., Olive, K., and 3 coauthors, "New Discoveries in Galaxies across Cosmic Time through Advances in Laboratory Astrophysics", 2009, arXiv: 0902.4681v1

Cordiner, M. A., Cox, N. L. J., Trundle, C., Evans, C. J., Hunter, I., Przybilla, N., Bresolin, F., and Salama, F., "Detection of Diffuse Interstellar Bands in M31", 2008, Astron. Astrophys., 480, L13 [PDF]

Salama, F., "PAHs in Astronomy - A Review", 2008, in Organic Matter in Space, IAU Symposium 251, eds. S. Kwok and S. Sandford (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), 357 [PDF]

Cox, N. L. J., Cordiner, M. A., Ehrenfreund, P., Kaper, L., Sarre, P. J., Foing, B. H., Spaans, M., Cami, J., and 4 coauthors, "Interstellar Gas, Dust and Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the SMC", 2007, Astron. Astrophys., 470, 941 [PDF]

Ehrenfreund, P., Ruiterkamp, R., Peeters, Z., Foing, B., Salama, F., and Martins, Z., "The ORGANICS experiments on BIOPAN V: UV and space exposure of aromatic compounds", 2007, Planet. Space Sci., 55, 383 [PDF]

Rouillé, G., Arold, M., Staicu, A., Krasnokutski, S., Huisken, F., Henning, Th., Tan, X., and Salama, F., "The S1(1A1) ← S0(1A1) Transition of Benzo[g,h,i]perylene in Supersonic Jets and Rare Gas Matrices", 2007, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 174311 [PDF]

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Salama, F., "Spectroscopy of PAHs Molecules and Ions: From The Laboratory To Astronomical Observations", 2007, in Molecules in Space & Laboratory, eds. J. L. Lemaire and F. Combes (Paris: S. Diana), 197 [PDF]

Wahlgren, G. M., van Dishoeck, E. F., Federman, S. R., Beiersdorfer, 
P., Dimitrijevic, M., Jorissen, A., Mashonkina, L. I., Nilsson, 
H., Salama, F. and Tennyson, J. , "Commission 14: Atomic and Molecular Data, Annual Report, International Astronomical Union", 2010, in Transactions IAU, Volume XXVIIB, Proc. of the IAU 2010, 
Ian F. Corbett, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 119

Federman, S. R., Wahlgren, Johansson, 
S., Dimitrijevic, M., Jorissen, A., Mashonkina, L. I., Salama, F. Tennyson, J. , and van Dishoeck, E. F., "Commission 14: Atomic and Molecular Data, Triennial Report, International Astronomical Union", 2009, in Transactions IAU, Volume XXVIIA, Reports on Astronomy 2006–2009, Karel A. van der Hucht, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 374

Biennier, L., Benidar, A., and Salama, F., "Flow Dynamics of a Pulsed Planar Expansion", 2006, Chem. Phys., 326, 445 [PDF]

Brickhouse, N., Federman, S., Kwong, V., Salama, F., Slavin, P., Stancil, J., Weingartner, J., and Ziurys, L., "NASA Laboratory Astrophysics White Paper", 2006, in NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop Conference Proceedings, eds. Ph. Weck, V. Kwong, and F. Salama (Moffett Field, CA: NASA Ames Research Center), 1

Salama, F., Tan, X., Biennier, L., Cami, J., and Remy, J., "Laboratory Spectroscopy of Large Carbon Molecules and Ions in Support of Space Missions", 2006, in NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop Conference Proceedings, eds. Ph. Weck, V. Kwong, and F. Salama (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 243

Tan, X. and Salama F., "Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled 1-pyrenecarboxyaldehyde (C17H10O) and 1-methylpyrene (C17H12) cations", 2006, Chem. Phys. Lett., 422, 518 [PDF]

Broks, B. H. P., Brok, W. J. M., Remy, J., van der Mullen, J. J. A. M., Benidar, A., Biennier, L., and Salama, F., "Modeling the Influence of Anode-Cathode Spacing in a Pulsed Discharge Nozzle", 2005, Spec. Acta B, 60, 1442 [PDF]

Broks, B. H. P., Brok, W. J., Remy, J., van der Mullen, J. J. A. M., Benidar, A., Biennier, L., and Salama, F., "Numerical Investigation of the Discharge Characteristics of the Pulsed Discharge Nozzle", 2005, Phys. Rev. E, 71, 036409 [PDF]

Halasinski, T. M., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "Investigation of the UV, Visible and Near-IR Absorption Spectra of Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Cations", 2005, Astrophys. J., 628, 555 [PDF]

Remy, J., Biennier, L., and Salama, F., "Plasma in a Pulsed Discharge Environment", 2005, IEEE Trans. on Plasma Sci., 33, 554 [PDF]

Ruiterkamp, R., Cox, N. L. J., Spaans, M., Kaper, L., Foing, B. H., Salama, F., and Ehrenfreund, P., "PAH Charge State Distribution and DIB Carriers. Implications from the line of sight toward HD 147889", 2005, Astron. Astrophys., 432, 515 [PDF]

Tan, X. and Salama F., "Cavity ring-down spectroscopy and vibronic activity of benzo[ghi]perylene", 2005, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 014312 [PDF]

Tan, X. and Salama, F., "Cavity ring-down spectroscopy and theoretical calculations of the S1(1B3u)←S0(1Ag) Transition of jet cooled perylene", 2005, J. Chem. Phys., 122, 084318 [PDF]

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Biennier, L., Salama, F., Gupta, M., and O’Keefe, A., "Multiplex Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy of Cold PAH Cations", 2004, Chem. Phys. Lett., 387, 287

Cami, J., Salama, F., Jiménez-Vicente, J., Galazutdinov, G. A., and Krelowski, J., "The Rotational Excitation Temperature of the λ6614 DIB Carrier", 2004, Astrophys. J., 611, L113

Biennier, L., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., and Scherer, J. J., "Pulsed discharge nozzle cavity ring down spectroscopy of cold polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ions", 2003, J. Chem. Phys., 118, 7863 [PDF]

Clayton, G. C., Gordon, K. D., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Martin, P. G., Snow, T. P., Whittet, D. C. B., Witt, A. N., and 1 coauthor, "The Role of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ultraviolet Extinction. I. Probing Small Molecular Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2003, Astrophys. J., 592, 947 [PDF]

Halasinski, T. M., Weisman, J. L., Ruiterkamp, R., Lee, T. J., Salama, F., and Head-Gordon, M., "Electronic Absorption Spectra of Neutral Perylene (C20H12), Terrylene (C30H16), and Quaterrylene (C40H20) and their Positive and Negative Ions: Ne Matrix-Isolation Spectroscopy and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations", 2003, J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 3660 [PDF]

Remy, J., Biennier, L., and Salama, F., "Plasma Structure in a Pulsed Discharge Environment", 2003, Plasma Sources Sci. Tech., 12, 295 [PDF]

Salama, F., "Laboratory Astrochemistry", 2003, in Astrochemistry, First Conference on Chemistry, ed. E. Helal (Egypt: Cairo University Press),

Weisman, J. L., Lee, T. J., Salama, F., and Head-Gordon, M., "Time Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations of large Compact Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations: Implications for the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 2003, Astrophys. J., 587, 256

Biennier, L., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Scherer, J. J., and O’Keefe, A., "Gas Phase Spectroscopy of Cold PAH Ions: Contribution to the Interstellar Extinction and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 2002, in NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop Conference Proceedings, ed. F. Salama (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 113

Chillier, X. D. F., Stone, B. M., Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "D1 (2B2g) –> D0 (2Au) Fluorescence From the Matrix-Isolated Perylene Cation Following Laser Excitation into the D5 (2B3g) and D2 (2B3g) Electronic States", 2002, J. Chem. Phys., 116, 5725 [PDF]

Ehrenfreund, P., Cami, J., Jiménez-Vicente, J., Foing, B. H., Kaper, L., Van Der Meer, A., Cox, N., d’Hendecourt, L., and 5 coauthors, "Detection of Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Magellanic Clouds", 2002, Astrophys. J., 576, L117 [PDF]

Ruiterkamp, R., Ehrenfreund, P., Halasinski, T., Salama, F., Foing, B., and Schmidt, W., "Laboratory Calibration Studies in support of ORGANICS on the International Space Station: Evolution of Organic Matter in Space", 2002, in NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop Conference Proceedings, ed. F. Salama (Moffett Field, CA: NASA/Ames Research Center), 149

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Ruiterkamp, R., Halasinski, T., Salama, F., Foing, B. F., Allamandola, L. J., Schmidt, W., and Ehrenfreund, P., "Spectroscopy of large PAHs. Laboratory studies and comparison to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 2002, Astron. Astrophys., 390, 1153 [PDF]

Chillier, X., Boulet, P., Chermette, H., Salama, F., and Weber, J., "Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Benzo[g,h,i]Perylene. An Experimental and Theoretical Study for Astrochemical Applications", 2001, J. Chem. Phys, 115, 1769 [PDF]

Salama, F and Bauschlicher, C. W., "Preface: Molecular Spectroscopy in Astrophysics", 2001, Spec. Acta A, 57, 613 [PDF]

Salama, F., "Molecular Spectroscopy in Astrophysics: The Case of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 2001, J. Mol. Struct., 563, 19

Halasinski, T. M., Hudgins, D. M., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., and Bally, T., "Electronic Absorption Spectra of Neutral Pentacene (C22H14-) and its Positive and Negative Ions in Ne, Ar, and Kr Matrices", 2000, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 7484 [PDF]

Chillier, X. D. F., Stone, B. M., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L. J., "First Detection of an Ultraviolet Transition in an Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon", 1999, J. Chem. Phys., 111, 449 [PDF]

Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy of Perylene (C20H12) isolated in Ne, Ar, and N2 Matrices", 1999, J. Chem. Phys., 110, 7287 [PDF]

Romanini, D., Biennier, L., Salama, F., Kachinov, A., Allamandola, L. J., and Stoeckel, F., "Jet-Discharge Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy of Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Progress in Testing the PAH Hypothesis for the Diffuse Interstellar Band Problem", 1999, Chem. Phys. Lett., 303, 165 [PDF]

Salama, F., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Interstellar Medium. A Review.", 1999, in Solid Interstellar Matter: The ISO Revolution, eds. L. d’Hendecourt, C. Joblin, and A. Jones (Les Ullis, France; Berlin: EDP Sciences; Springer-Verlag), 65

Salama, F., Galazutdinov, G. A., Krelowski, J., Allamandola, L. J., and Musaev, F. A., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: a Survey", 1999, Astrophys. J., 526, 265 [PDF]

Henning, Th. and Salama, F., "Carbon in the Universe", 1998, Science, 282, 2204

Salama, F., "The Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Tracer For Organics in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium?", 1998, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph., 28, 349

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Schnaiter, M., Mutschke, H., Dorschner, J., Henning, Th., and Salama, F., "Matrix-isolated nano-sized soot grains as an analogue for the 217.5 nm feature carrier", 1998, Astrophys. J., 498, 486

Salama, F., "Neutral and Ionized PAH Spectral Properties. Implications for the Ultraviolet-Visible Interstellar Extinction", 1996, in The Cosmic Dust Connection, ed. J. M. Greenberg (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 103

Salama, F., "Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy: From Ground to Space", 1996, in Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, ed. R. Fausto (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 169

Salama, F., Bakes, E. L. O., Allamandola, L. J., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Assessment of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon - Diffuse Interstellar Band Proposal", 1996, Astrophys. J., 458, 621

Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Visible Luminescence from PAH Cations and the Diffuse Bands in Emission", 1995, in The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, eds. A. G. G. M. Tielens and T. Snow (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 157

Joblin, C., Salama, F., and Allamandola, L., "Photoinduced Fluorescence from the Perylene Cation Isolated in Ne and Ar Matrices", 1995, J. Chem. Phys., 102, 9743

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands", 1995, Adv. Space Res., 15, Issue 3, 413

Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., Bregman, J. D., Witteborn, F. C., and Cruikshank, D. P., "The Detection of a New Strong Band Near 3590 cm-1 (2.79 µm) in the Spectrum of Io", 1995, ASP Conf. Ser., 73, 337

Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L., "", 1995, in The Diffuse Interstellar Bands, eds. A. G. G. M. Tielens and T. Snow (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 207

Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L. J., "Neutral and Ionized PAHs: Contribution to the Interstellar Extinction", 1995, Planet. Space Sci., 43, 1165

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L., "PAHs, DIBs and Interstellar Extinction", 1994, ASP Conf. Ser., 58, 279

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

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Salama, F., Joblin, C., and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycycic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. II. The Phenanthrene Cation (C14>H10+) and its 1-Methyl Derivative", 1994, J. Chem. Phys., 101, 10252

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

Du, P., Salama, F., and Loew, G. H., "Theoretical Study of the Electronic Spectra of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, Naphthalene, and its Derivatives", 1993, Chem. Phys., 173, 421

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Neutral and Ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Diffuse Interstellar Bands, and the Ultraviolet Extinction Curve", 1993, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 89, 2277

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Is a Pyrene-Like Molecular Ion Responsible for the 4430 Å Diffuse Interstellar Band?", 1992, Nature, 358, 42

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "UV-Visible and Near IR Absorption Characteristics of Interstellar PAHs. I. C12H8+", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium 150, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 25

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrum of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon C10H8+ - Possible Contributions to the Diffuse Interstellar Bands and to the Ultraviolet-Visible Extinction", 1992, Astrophys. J., 395, 301

Salama, F., Sandford, S. A., and Allamandola, L. J., "Laboratory Studies of Planetary Molecules and Ices: The Case of Io", 1992, in Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, IAU Symposium 135, ed. P. D. Singh (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 435

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "The Role of Matrix Material and CCl4 (electron acceptor) on the Ionization Mechanisms of Matrix-Isolated Naphthalene", 1991, J. Chem. Phys., 95, 6190

Salama, F. and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycycic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations. I. The Naphthalene Cation (C10H8+)", 1991, J. Chem. Phys., 94, 6964

Sandford, S. A., Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Trafton, L. M., and Lester, D. F., "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", 1991, Icarus, 91, 125

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

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Salama, F., Allamandola, L. J., Witteborn, F. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Sandford, S. A., and Bregman, J. D., "The 2.5-5.0 µm Spectra of Io: Evidence for H2S and H2O Frozen in SO2. ", 1990, in Proceedings of the 24th ESLAB Symposium on the Formation of Stars and Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System, ed. B. Battrick (Paris: European Space Agency), 203

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

Salama, F. and Frei, H., "Near-Infrared-Light-Induced Reaction of Singlet SO with Allene and Dimethylacetylene in a Rare Gas Matrix: Infrared Spectra of Two Novel Episulfoxides", 1989, J. Phys. Chem., 93, 1285

Fournier, P. G., Fournier, J., Salama, F., Stärk, D., Peyerimhoff, S. D., and Eland, J. H. D., "Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Electronic State of the Diatomic Cation Cl22+", 1986, Phys. Rev. A, 34, 1657

Fournier, J., Salama, F., Deson, J., and Le Roy, R. J., "Ultraviolet Photolysis and Internal Dynamics of Cl2 in a Rare Gas Matrix at 4.2 K.", 1985, in Photophysics and Photochemistry Above 6 eV, ed. F. Lahmani (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publ. B.V.), 439

Fournier, J., Salama, F., and Le Roy, R. J., "Ultraviolet Photolysis and Internal Dynamics of Molecular Chlorine in an Argon Matrix at 4.2 K.", 1985, J. Phys. Chem., 89, 3530

Fournier, P. G., Fournier, J., Salama, F., Richardson, P. J., and Eland, J. H. D., "Formation and Dissociation of Doubly Ionized Methane", 1985, J. Chem. Phys., 83, 241

Salama, F. and Fournier, J., "Determination of the Lowest Bound Ionic State Threshold of Cl2 Trapped in Solid Argon at 4.5 K Using Synchrotron Radiation", 1985, Chem. Phys. Lett., 120, 35

Fournier, J., Salama, F., Deson, J., and Le Roy, R. J., "Emission from 3g state of Cl2 trapped in a rare gas rigid matrix at 4.2 K", 1983, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 92, 670

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Robert L. Walker



Ricketts, C., Contreras, C., Walker, R. and Salama, F., "The coupling of a Reflectron Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with a Cosmic Simulation Chamber: A powerful new Tool for Laboratory Astrophysics", 2011, Int. J. Mass Spec, 300, 26

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. L., "Laboratory IR spectra of 4-azachrysene in solid H2O", 2005, Adv. Space Res., 36, 166 [PDF]

Allamandola, L. J., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., and Walker, R. L., "Evolution of Interstellar Ices", 1999, in Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials, International Space Science Institute Book Series, Vol. 8, eds. K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, and W. Huebner (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 219 [PDF]

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Andrew Mattioda



Boersma, C., Allamandola, L.J., Bauschlicher Jr., C.W., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, Sánchez de Armas, F., Puerta Saborido, G., D.M. Hudgins, Mattioda, A.L., and Hudgins, D.M., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database and the far-IR", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 109

C. Boersma, C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, E. Peeters, L.J. Allamandola, and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon far-infrared spectroscopy", 2011, Astrophys. J., 729, 64 [PDF]

C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., C. Boersma, A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, J. Cami, E. Peeters, F. Sánchez de Armas, G. Puerta Saborido, D.M. Hudgins, and L.J. Allamandola, "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Computed Spectra", 2010, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 189, 341 [PDF]

Ricca, A., Bauschlicher, Jr., C.W., Mattioda, A. L., Boersma, C., and Allamandola, L.J., 2010, "The Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Very Large Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", Astrophys. J., 709, 42-52

Mattioda, A., Ricca, A., Tucker,J., Bauschlicher Jr. C.W., and Allamandola , L.J., "Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral Coronene, Ovalene, and Dicoronylene", 2009, The Astronomical. J., 137, 4054-4060

Boersma, C., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher, C. W., Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "The 5.25 and 5.7 μm Astronomical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features [Erratum]", 2009, Astrophys. J., 690, 1208 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Rutter, L., Parkhill, J., Head-Gordon, M., Lee, T. J., and Allamandola, L. J., "Near-IR Spectroscopy of Nitrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations from 0.7 to 2.5 μm", 2008, Astrophys. J., 680, 1243 [PDF]

Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Lu, Y., Ricca, A., Mattioda, A. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diamondoids and the Interstellar Infrared bands Between 3.35 and 3.55 μm", 2007, Astrophys. J., 671, 458 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Mattioda, A. L., and Allamandola, L. J., "Near- and Mid-Infrared Laboratory Spectra of PAH Cations in Solid H2O", 2007, Astrophys. J., 664, 1264 [PDF]

Bernstein, M. P., Mattioda, A. L., Sandford, S. A., and Hudgins, D. M., "Laboratory Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles: Quinoline and Phenanthridine in Solid Argon and H2O", 2005, Astrophys. J., 626, 909 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Allamandola, L. J., and Hudgins, D. M., "The Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Optical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Semiempirical Model", 2005, Astrophys. J., 629, 1183 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Experimental Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Between 0.7 and 2.5 μm", 2005, Astrophys. J., 629, 1188 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared spectroscopy of matrix-isolated polycyclic aromatic compounds and their ions. 7. Phenazine, a dual substituted polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle", 2005, Adv. Space Res., 36, 156 [PDF]

Weisman, J. L., Mattioda, A., Lee, T. J., Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Head-Gordon, M., "Electronic transitions in the IR: Matrix isolation spectroscopy and electronic structure theory calculations on polyacenes and dibenzopolyacenes", 2005, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 109 [PDF]

Peeters, E., Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in the 15-21 micron Region", 2004, Astrophys. J., 617, L65 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. L., Hudgins, D. M., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., Rosi, M., and Allamandola, L. J., "Infrared Spectroscopy of Matrix-Isolated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 6. Polycyclic Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles", 2003, J. Phys. Chem. A, 107, 1486 [PDF]

Mattioda, A. and Frech, R., "Vibrational Spectra, Thermal Analysis and Conductivity of the Phases of Ammonium Hydrazinium (2+) Sulfate", 1998, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 59, 353

Mattioda, A. and Frech, R., "Vibrational Frequencies of Partially Deuterated Hydrazinium (2+) Sulfate", 1997, Spec. Acta A, 53, 1767

Mattioda, A. L., "Vibrational and Thermal Characterization of Hydrazinium Sulfate and Ammonium Hydrazinium Sulfate", 1995, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Mattioda, A. and Frech, R., "Vibrational Modes of Hydrazine Sulfate and Deuterium-Substituted Single Crystals", 1995, Spec. Acta A, 51, 2545

Frech, R., Mattioda, A., and Huang, E., "Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Ammonium Hydrazinium Sulfate", 1993, J. Mol. Struct., 295, 121

Boersma, C., Sánchez de Armas, F., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, E., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: A Demo of its Contents and Web Tools", , in American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #305.05, ( : ), 275

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Rachel Mastrapa



Mastrapa, R. M., Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Roush, T. L., Cruikshank, D. P., and Ore, C. M. D., "Optical constants of amorphous and crystalline H2O-ice in the near infrared from 1.1 to 2.6 μm", 2008, Icarus, 197, 307 [PDF]

Mastrapa, R. M. E. and Brown, R. H., "Ion irradiation of crystalline H2O ice: Effect on the 1.65 micron band", 2006, Icarus, 183, 207

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Joseph Roser



Vidali, G., Li, L., Roser, J. E., and Badman, R., "Catalytic activity of interstellar grains: Formation of molecular hydrogen on amorphous silicates", 2009, Adv. Space Res., 43, 1291

Perets, H. B., Lederhendler, A., Biham, O., Vidali, G., Li, L., Swords, S., Congiu, E., Roser, J., and 3 coauthors, "Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Amorphous Silicates under Interstellar Conditions", 2007, Astrophys. J., 661, L163

Vidali, G., Pirronello, V., Li, L., Roser, J., Manicó, G., Congiu, E., Mehl, H., Lederhendler, A., and 3 coauthors, "Analysis of Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Low Temperature Surfaces in Temperature Programmed Desorption Experiments", 2007, J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 12611

Perets, H. B., Biham, O., Manicó, G., Pirronello, V., Roser, J., Swords, S., and Vidali, G., "Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Ice Under Interstellar Conditions", 2005, Astrophys. J., 627, 850

Vidali, G., Roser, J., Manicó, G., Pirronello, V., Perets, H. B., and Biham, O., "Formation of molecular hydrogen on analogues of interstellar dust grains: experiments and modelling", 2005, J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 6, 36

Roser, J. E., "Laboratory simulations of chemical reactions on dust grains in the interstellar medium", 2004, Doctoral Dissertation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Vidali, G., Roser, J. E., Manicò, G., and Pirronello, V., "Experimental study of the formation of molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide on dust grain analogues", 2004, Adv. Space Res., 33, 6

Vidali, G., Roser, J. E., Manicò, G., and Pirronello, V., "Laboratory studies of formation of molecules on dust grain analogues under ISM conditions", 2004, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E07S14

Colangeli, L., Henning, Th., Brucato, J. R., Clément, D., Fabian, D., Guillois, O., Huisken, F., Jäger, C., and 12 coauthors, "The role of laboratory experiments in the characterisation of silicon-based cosmic material", 2003, Astron. Astrophys. Rev., 11, 97

Roser, J. E., Swords, S., Vidali, G., Manicò, G., and Pirronello, V., "Measurement of the Kinetic Energy of Hydrogen Molecules Desorbing from Amorphous Water Ice", 2003, Astrophys. J., 596, L55

Roser, J. E., Manicò, G., Pirronello, V., and Vidali, G., "Formation of Molecular Hydrogen on Amorphous Water Ice: Influence of Morphology and Ultraviolet Exposure", 2002, Astrophys. J., 581, 276

Manicò, G., Ragunì, G., Pirronello, V., Roser, J. E., and Vidali, G., "Laboratory Measurements of Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Amorphous Water Ice", 2001, Astrophys. J., 548, L253

Roser, J. E., Vidali, G., Manicò, G., and Pirronello, V., "Formation of Carbon Dioxide by Surface Reactions on Ices in the Interstellar Medium", 2001, Astrophys. J., 555, L61

Pirronello, V., Liu, C., Roser, J. E., and Vidali, G., "Measurements of molecular hydrogen formation on carbonaceous grains", 1999, Astron. Astrophys., 344, 681

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Michel Nuevo



Nuevo, M., Milam, S. N., Sandford, S. A. "Nucleobases and prebiotic molecules in organic residues produced from the ultraviolet photo-irradiation of pyrimidine in NH3 and H2O+NH3 ices", 2012, Astrobiology, 12, 295-314

de Marcellus, P., Bertrand, M., Nuevo, M., Westall, F., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, L. "Prebiotic significance of extraterrestrial ice photochemistry: Detection of hydantoin in organic residues", 2011, Astrobiology, 11, 847-854

Nuevo, M., Milam, S. N., Sandford, S. A., De Gregorio, B. T., Cody, G. D., Kilcoyne, A. L. D. "XANES analysis of organic residues produced from the UV irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs", 2011, Adv. Space Res., 48, 1126-1135

Chen, Y.-J., Nuevo, M., Chu, C.-C., Fan, Y.-G., Yih, T.-S., Ip, W.-H., Fung, H.-S., Wu, C.-Y. R. "Photo-desorbed species produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of an H2O:CO2:NH3 ice mixture", 2011, Adv. Space Res., 47, 1633-1644

de Marcellus, P., Meinert, C., Nuevo, M., Filippi, J.-J., Danger, G., Deboffle, D., Nahon, L., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, L., Meierhenrich, U. J. "Non-racemic amino acid production by UV irradiation of achiral interstellar ice analogs with circularly polarized light", 2011, Astrophys. J. Lett., 727, L27

Sandford, S. A., Milam, S. N., Nuevo, M., Jenniskens, P., Shaddad, M. H. "The mid-infrared transmission spectra of multiple stones from the Almahata Sitta meteorite", 2010, Meteorit. Planet. Sci., 45, 1821-1835

Bera, P. P., Nuevo, M., Milam, S. N., Sandford, S. A., Lee, T. J. "Mechanism for the abiotic synthesis of uracil via UV-induced oxidation of pyrimidine in pure H2O ices under astrophysical conditions", 2010, J. Chem. Phys., 133, 104303

Nuevo, M., Bredehöft, J. H., Meierhenrich, U. J., d'Hendecourt, L., Thiemann, W. H.-P. "Urea, glycolic acid, and glycerol in an organic residue produced by UV irradiation of interstellar/pre-cometary ice analogs", 2010, Astrobiology, 10, 245-256

Jenniskens, P., Shaddad, M. H., Numan, D., Elsir, S., Kudoda, A. M., Zolensky, M. E., Le, L., Robinson, G. A., and 27 coauthors, "The Impact and Recovery of Asteroid 2008 TC3", 2009, Nature, 458, 485

Nuevo, M., Milam, S. N., Sandford, S. A., Elsila, J. E., and Dworkin, J. P., "Formation of Uracil from the Ultraviolet Photo-Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Pure H2O Ices", 2009, Astrobiology, 9, 683

Chen, Y.-J., Nuevo, M., Yih, T.-S., Ip, W.-H., Fung, H.-S., Cheng, C.-Y., Tsai, H.-R., and Wu, C.-Y. R., "Amino acids produced from the ultraviolet/extreme-ultraviolet irradiation of naphthalene in a H2O+NH3 ice mixture", 2008, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 384, 605

Nuevo, M., Auger, G., Blanot, D., and d’Hendecourt, L., "A detailed study of the amino acids produced from the vacuum UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs", 2008, Orig. Life Evol. Biosph., 38, 37

Chen, Y.-J., Nuevo, M., Hsieh, J.-M., Yih, T.-S., Sun, W.-H., Ip, W.-H., Fung, H.-S., Chiang, S.-Y., and 3 coauthors, "Carbamic acid produced by the UV/EUV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs", 2007, Astron. Astrophys., 464, 253

Chen, Y.-J., Nuevo, M., Yeh, F.-C., Yih, T.-S., Sun, W.-H., Ip, W.-H., Fung, H.-S., Chiang, S.-Y., and 3 coauthors, "Infrared study of the UV/EUV irradiation of naphthalene in H2O+NH3 ice", 2007, in Advances in Geosciences, Vol. 7: Planetary Science, eds. W.-H. Ip and A. Bhardwaj (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company), 79

Nuevo, M., Chen, Y.-J., Yih, T.-S., Ip, W.-H., Fung, H.-S., Cheng, C.-Y., Tsai, H.-R., and Wu, C.-Y. R., "Amino acids formed from the UV/EUV irradiation of inorganic ices of astrophysical interest", 2007, Adv. Space Res., 40, 1628

Nuevo, M., Meierhenrich, U. J., d’Hendecourt, L., Muñoz Caro, G. M., Dartois, E., Deboffle, D., Thiemann, W. H.-P., Bredehöft, J. H., and 1 coauthor, "Enantiomeric separation of complex organic molecules produced from irradiation of interstellar/circumstellar ice analogs", 2007, Adv. Space Res., 39, 400

Muñoz Caro, G. M., Matrajt, G., Dartois, E., Nuevo, M., d’Hendecourt, L., Deboffle, D., Montagnac, G., Chauvin, N., and 2 coauthors, "Nature and evolution of the dominant carbonaceous matter in interplanetary dust particles: effects of irradiation and identification with a type of amorphous carbon", 2006, Astron. Astrophys., 459, 147

Nuevo, M., Meierhenrich, U. J., Muñoz Caro, G. M., Dartois, E., d’Hendecourt, L., Deboffle, D., Auger, G., Blanot, D., and 2 coauthors, "The effects of circularly polarized light on amino acid enantiomers produced by the UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs", 2006, Astron. Astrophys., 457, 741

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Claire Ricketts



Lockyear, J. F., Ricketts, C. L., Parkes, M. A., and Price, S. D., "The formation of NH+ following the reaction of N22+ with H2", 2011, Chem. Sci., 2, 150

Contreras, C., Ricketts, C. and Salama, F., "Formation and Evolution of Circumstellar and Interstellar PAHs - A Laboratory Study", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 201

Ricketts, C., Contreras, C., Walker, R. and Salama, F., "The coupling of a Reflectron Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with a Cosmic Simulation Chamber: A powerful new Tool for Laboratory Astrophysics", 2011, Int. J. Mass Spec, 300, 26

Zabka, J., Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., Roithová, J., Schwarz, H., Thissen, R., Dutuit, O., Price, S. D., and Herman, Z. "Crossed-Beam Scattering Studies of Electron-Transfer Processes between the Dication CO22+ and Neutral CO2: Electronic States of Reactants and Products Involved", 2010, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 6463

Roithová, J., Ricketts, C. L., and Schröder, D., "Reactions of the dications C7H62+, C7H72+, and C7H82+ with methane: Predominance of doubly charged intermediates", 2009, Int. J. Mass spectrom., 280, 32

Ascenzi, D., Tosi, P., Roithová, J., Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., Lockyear, J. F., Parkes, M. A., and Price, S. D., "Generation of the organo-rare gas dications HCCRg2+ Rg = Ar and Kr in the reaction of acetylene dications with rare gases", 2008, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 7121

Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., Alcaraz, C., and Roithová, J., "Growth of larger hydrocarbons in the ionosphere of Titan", 2008, Chem. Eur. J., 14, 4779

Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., Roithová, J., Schwarz, H., Thissen, R., Dutuit, O., Zabka, J., Herman, Z., and 1 coauthor, "Competition of electron transfer, dissociation and bond-forming processes in the reaction of the CO22+ dication with neutral CO2", 2008, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 10, 5135

Roithová, J., Ricketts, C. L., and Schröder, D., "On the C-C coupling of Naphthylium Ion with Methane", 2008, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 73, 811

Franceschi, P., Ascenzi, D., Tosi, P., Thissen, R., Zabka, J., Roithová, J., Ricketts, C. L., De Simone, M., and 1 coauthor, "Dissociative double photoionization of N2 using synchrotron radiation: Appearance energy of the N2+ dication", 2007, J. Chem. Phys., 126, 134310

Roithová, J., Milko, P., Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., Besson, T., Dekoj, V., and Belohradsky, M., "Dissociation reactions of free tetrapyridinium tetracations and of their catenanes", 2007, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 10141

Roithová, J., Ricketts, C. L., Schröder, D., and Price, S. D., "Bond formation with maintenance of twofold charge: generation of C2O32+ in the reaction of CO22+ with CO2", 2007, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 9316

Roithová, J., Zabka, J., Ascenzi, D., Franceschi, P., Ricketts, C. L., and Schröder, D., "Energetics of fragmentations of indene dication from photoionization experiments", 2006, Chem. Phys. Lett., 423, 254

Ricketts, C. L., Harper, S. M., Hu, S. W.-P., and Price, S. D., "The formation of NO+ from the reaction of N22+ with O2", 2005, J. Chem. Phys., 123, 134322

Ricketts, C. L., Wallis, A. E., Whitehead, J. C., and Zhang, K., "A Mechanism for the Destruction of CFC-12 in a Nonthermal, Atmospheric Pressure Plasma", 2004, J. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 8341

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Cesar Contreras



Contreras, C., Ricketts, C. and Salama, F., "Formation and Evolution of Circumstellar and Interstellar PAHs - A Laboratory Study", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 201

Ricketts, C., Contreras, C., Walker, R. and Salama, F., "The coupling of a Reflectron Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer with a Cosmic Simulation Chamber: A powerful new Tool for Laboratory Astrophysics", 2011, Int. J. Mass Spec, 300, 26

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Nathan Bramall



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Katie Bryson



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Christiaan Boersma



Rosenberg, M.J.F., Berné, O., Boersma, C., Allamandola, L.J., and Tielens, A.G.G.M., "Coupled blind signal separation and spectroscopic database fitting of the mid infrared PAH features", 2011, Astron. Astrophys., 532, A128+

Boersma, C., Allamandola, L.J., Bauschlicher Jr., C.W., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, Sánchez de Armas, F., Puerta Saborido, G., D.M. Hudgins, Mattioda, A.L., and Hudgins, D.M., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database and the far-IR", 2011, in PAHs and the Universe, Joblin & Tielens. eds. EDP Sciences, EAS Pub. Series, 46, 109

C. Boersma, C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, E. Peeters, L.J. Allamandola, and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon far-infrared spectroscopy", 2011, Astrophys. J., 729, 64 [PDF]

C.W. Bauschlicher, Jr., C. Boersma, A. Ricca, A.L. Mattioda, J. Cami, E. Peeters, F. Sánchez de Armas, G. Puerta Saborido, D.M. Hudgins, and L.J. Allamandola, "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: The Computed Spectra", 2010, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 189, 341 [PDF]

Boersma, C., Bauschlicher, C. W., Allamandola, L. J., Ricca, A., Peeters, E., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "The 15-20 μm PAH emission features: probes of individual PAHs?", 2010, Astron. Astrophys., 511, A32

Ricca, A., Bauschlicher, Jr., C.W., Mattioda, A. L., Boersma, C., and Allamandola, L.J., 2010, "The Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of Very Large Neutral Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", Astrophys. J., 709, 42-52

Boersma, C., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher, C. W., Peeters, E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and Allamandola, L. J., "The 5.25 and 5.7 μm Astronomical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission Features [Erratum]", 2009, Astrophys. J., 690, 1208 [PDF]

Boersma, C., Peeters, E., Martín-Hernández, N. L., van der Wolk, G., Verhoeff, A. P., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Waters, L. B. F. M., and Pel, J. W., "A spatial study of the mid-IR emission features in four Herbig Ae/Be stars", 2009, Astron. Astrophys., 502, 175

Boersma, C., Bouwman, J., Lahuis, F., van Kerckhoven, C., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Waters, L. B. F. M., and Henning, T., "The characteristics of the IR emission features in the spectra of Herbig Ae stars: evidence for chemical evolution", 2008, Astron. Astrophys., 484, 241

Boersma, C., Hony, S., and Tielens, A. G. G. M., "UIR bands in the ISO SWS spectrum of the carbon star TU Tauri", 2006, Astron. Astrophys., 447, 213

Boersma, C., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Waters, L. B. F. M., Bouwman, J., and van den Ancker, M. E., "Extended Mid-IR Emission in Herbig Ae/Be Stars Detected with Spitzer's IRS", 2005, in Protostars and Planets V, ( : ), 8195

Boersma, C., Sánchez de Armas, F., Ricca, A., Cami, J., Peeters, E., Mattioda, A. L., Bauschlicher Jr., C. W., and Allamandola, L. J., "The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database: A Demo of its Contents and Web Tools", , in American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #305.05, ( : ), 275

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Amanda Cook



Boogert, A. C. A., Huard, T. L., Cook, A. M., Chiar, J. E., Knez, C., Decin, L., Blake, G. A., Tielens, A. G. G. M., and van Dishoeck, E. F. "Ice and Dust in the Quiescent Medium of Isolated Dense Cores", 2011, Astrophys. J., 729, 92

Cook, A. M., Whittet, D. C. B., Shenoy, S. S., Gerakines., P. A., White, D. W., and Chiar, J. E. "The Thermal Evolution of Ices in the Environments of Newly Formed Stars: The CO2 Diagnostic", 2011, Astrophys. J., 730, 124

Whittet, D. C. B., Cook, A.M., Chiar, J. E., Pendleton, Y. J., Shenoy, S. S., and Gerakines, P. A. "The Nature of Carbon Dioxide Bearing Ices in Quiescent Molecular Clouds", 2009, Astrophys. J., 695, 94

White, D. W., Gerakines, P. A., Cook, A. M., and Whittet, D. C. B., "Laboratory Spectra of the CO2 Bending-Mode Feature in Interstellar Ice Analogs Subject to Thermal Processing." 2009, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 180, 182

Hudson, R. L., Moore, M. H., Cook, A. M. "IR characterization and radiation chemistry of glycolaldehyde and ethylene glycol ices", 2005, Adv. in Space Research, 36, 184

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Christopher Materese



Materese, C. K., Savelyev, A., and Papoian, G. A., "Counterion Atmosphere and Hydration Patterns near a Nucleosome Core Particle", 2009, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 15005

Zhuravlev, P. I., Materese, C. K., and Papoian, G. A., "Deconstructing the Native State: Energy Landscapes, Function and Dynamics of Globular Proteins", 2009, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 8800

Materese, C. K., Goldmon, C. C., and Papoian, G. A., "Hierarchical Organization of Eglin C Native State Dynamics Is Shaped by Competing Direct and Water-Mediated Interactions", 2008, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 105, 10659

Luellen, B. A., Szapacs, M. E., Andrews, A. M., and Materese, C. K., "The neurotoxin 2 '-NH2-MPTP degenerates serotonin axons and evokes increases in hippocampal BDNF", 2006, Neuropharmacology, 50, 297

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Douglas White



Cook, A. M., Whittet, D. C. B., Shenoy, S. S., Gerakines., P. A., White, D. W., and Chiar, J. E. "The Thermal Evolution of Ices in the Environments of Newly Formed Stars: The CO2 Diagnostic", 2011, Astrophys. J., TBD, TBD

White, D. W., Gerakines, P. A., Cook, A. M., and Whittet, D. C. B., "Laboratory Spectra of the CO2 Bending-Mode Feature in Interstellar Ice Analogs Subject to Thermal Processing." 2009, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 180, 182

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Ella Sciamma-O`Brien



Sciamma-O`Brien, E., Dahoo, P.-R., Hadamcik, E., Carrasco, N., Quirico, E., Szopa, C., Cernogora, G. "Optical constants of Titan tholins produced in a plasma discharge from 370 nm to 900 nm", 2012, Icarus, 218, 356-363

Gautier T., Carrasco N., Buch A., Szopa C., Sciamma-O`Brien E., Cernogora G. "Nitrile chemistry in Titan atmosphere", 2011, Icarus, 213(2), 625-635

Vuitton, V., Bonnet, J.-Y., Frisari, M., Thissen, R., Quirico, E., Dutuit, O., Schmitt, B., Le Roy, L., Fray, N., Cottin, H., Sciamma O`Brien, E., Carrasco, N., Szopa, C. "Very high resolution mass spectrometry of HCN polymers and Titan's tholins", 2010, Faraday Discussion 147, 495-508

Sciamma-O`Brien, E., Carrasco, N., Szopa, C., Buch, A., Cernogora, G. "Titan’s atmosphere: an optimal gas mixture for aerosol production?" 2010, Icarus, 209, 704-714

Ventrillard-Courtillot, I., Sciamma-O`Brien, E., Kassi, S., Méjean, G., and Romanini, D. "Simultaneous Detection of NO2 and NO3 by Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy with a LED at 625 nm", 2010, Applied Physics B, 101(3), 661-669

Sciamma-O`Brien, E., Kassi, S., Gao, B., and Campargue, A. “Experimental low energy values of CH4 transitions near 1.33 micron by absorption spectroscopy at 81 K", 2009, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 951-963

Sciamma E. M., Bengtson R. D., Rowan, W. L., Keesee, A., Lee C. A., Berisford, D., Lee, K., and Gentle, K. "Method to Estimate the Electron Temperature and Neutral Density in a Plasma from Spectroscopic Measurements Using Argon Atom and Ion Collisional-Radiative Models", 2008, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 10E324

Carrasco, N., Gautier, T., Buch, A., Sciamma-O`Brien, E., Szopa, C., Cernogora, G. "Gaseous chemistry induced by CCP RF discharge in a N2-CH4 mixture", 2010, in Gaseous Electronics Conference Proceedings

Sciamma, E. M., Bengtson, R. D., Chang-Diaz, F. R., Jacobson, V. T., Squire J. P., and Chancery W. J. "Spectroscopic Electron Temperature Measurement of the Recombining Plasma on the VASIMR Experiment", 2007, in International Electric Propulsion Conference Proceedings

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