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Salama, F. (2003). Laboratory Astrochemistry. In Chemistry I: Astrochemistry, E. Helal, ed., Cairo University Press, in press.

Deamer, D.W., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J. (2003). The First Cell Membranes Astrobiology 2, 371-381. [PDF]

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

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

Sandford, S. A. (2001). Book Review of Molecular Hydrogen in Space edited by F. Combes and G. Pineau des Forets. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 1411-1412. [PDF]

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

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

Jasien, P. G., Miller, S. L., Levy, M., & Dworkin, J. P. (2000). How could life have arisen on Earth? In ChemConnections, C. B. Moore, B. Spencer & T. Schwartz, eds., (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York). Amazon.com.

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

Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1999). Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials. Scientific American 281, #1, 42-49 (also the cover). [Text]

Salama, F. (1999). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Interstellar Medium. A Review. In Solid Interstellar Matter: The ISO Revolution, L. d'Hendecourt, C. Joblin, & A. Jones, eds., (EDP Sciences: Les Ullis, France), pp. 65-87.

Henning, Th., & Salama, F. (1998). Carbon in the Universe. Science 282, 2204. [Text] [PDF]

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

Sandford, S. A. (1998). Meteorites on Ice: Collecting Primitive Solar System Materials in Antarctica. In Astrophysics from Antarctica, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series, Vol. 141, Proceedings of the ASP Summer Sci. Symp. Conf., Chicago, Illinois, 30 June - 2 July, 1997, G. Novak and R. H. Landsberg (eds.), (ASP: San Francisco), pp. 265-282.

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

Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., & Bernstein, M. P. (1998). Organic Chemistry: From the Interstellar Medium to the Solar System. In ORIGINS, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series, Vol. 148, Proceedings of the International Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, 19-23 May, 1997, C. E. Woodward, J. M. Shull, & H. A. Thronson, Jr. (eds.), (ASP: San Francisco), pp. 392-414.

Allamandola, L. J. (1997). The Origin, Composition, and History of Comets from Spectroscopic Studies. In Analysis of Returned Comet Nucleus Samples, NASA CP-10152.

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

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

Hudgins, D. M., Allamandola, L. J., & Sandford, S. A. (1997). Complex Organic Molecules in Space: The Carriers of the Interstellar Infrared Emission Features. In Complex Organics in Space, 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 1996, Birmingham, UK, Advances in Space Research 19, #7, 999-1008.

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

Allamandola, L. J. (1996). PAHS-They're Everywhere! In The Cosmic Dust Connection-3rd Course, ed J. M. Greenberg & V. Pirronello, (Kluwer, Dordrecht), pp. 81-102.

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

Salama, F. (1996). Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy: From Ground to Space. In Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, ed. R. Fausto, NATO/ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 483, p. 169.

Sandford, S. A. (1996). The Inventory of Interstellar Materials Available for the Formation of the Solar System. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 31, 449-476. [PDF]

Sandford, S. (1996). Review of Life in the Universe (A Scientific American Special Issue). Meteoritics and Planetary Science 31, 315.

Allamandola, L. J. (1993). ISO, Dust and PAHs. In Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy: Future Observational Directions, ed. S. Kwok, Ast. Soc. Pac. Conf. Ser. 41, 197-206.

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

Allamandola, L. J. (1992). Grain Spectroscopy. In Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena, ed. P. D. Singh (Kluwer, Dordrecht), 65-72.

Allamandola, L. J. (1992). Interstellar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. In Chemistry and Spectroscopy of InterstellarMolecules, ed. N. Kaifu (Tokyo Univ. Press, Japan), 133-140.

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

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

Allamandola, L. J. (1990). Benzenoid Hydrocarbons in Space: The Evidence and Implications. In Advances in The Theory of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons, Volume 153 in the Topics in Current Chemistry Book Series, eds. S. Cyvin & I. Gutman, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin), 1-25.

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

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

Allamandola, L. J., & Tielens, A. G. G. M. eds. (1989). Interstellar Dust, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 135, (Kluwer, Dordrecht).

Allamandola, L.J., & Sandford, S.A. (1988). Laboratory simulation of dust spectra. In Dust in the Universe, (M. E. Bailey & D. A. Williams, eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge, pp. 229-263.

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

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

Allamandola, L. J. (1984). Absorption and Emission Characteristics of Interstellar Dust. In XVIth ESLAB Symposium on Galactic and Extragalactic Infrared Spectroscopy, eds. M. Kessler & P. Phillips (D. Reidel: Dordrecht), p.5.