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Sandford, S.A., Bernstein, M.P., and Allamandola, L. J. The mid-infrared laboratory spectra of naphthalene (C10H8) in solid H2O ApJ, 607, 346­360, (2004) [PDF]

Sandford, S., Allamandola, L., Bregman, J., Ennico, K., Greene, T., Hudgins, D., Strecker, D. (2002). Identifying Organic Molecules in Space – The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept. In "Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV," eds. R. B. Hoover, G. V. Levin, R. R. Paepe, & A. Y. Rozanov, Proc. SPIE 4495, 170-181. [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). The Astrobiology Explorer (ABE) Midex Mission Concept - Exploring the Links Between the Interstellar Medium and Meteorites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, A181. [PDF]

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

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

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

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

Sandford, S., Greene, T. P., Allamandola, L., Arno, R., Bregman, J., Cox, S., Davis, P. K., Gonzales, A., Haas, M., Hanel, R., Hines, M., Hudgins, D., Jackson, R. , Kittel, P., Lozier, D., Maa, S., & McCreight, C. (2000). An Explorer-class Astrobiology Mission. In "UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments," eds. J. B. Breckinridge & P. Jakobsen, Proc. SPIE 4013, pp. 604-615.

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.

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.

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.

Sandford, S.A., Pendleton, Y.J., & Allamandola, L.J. (1995). The Galactic Distribution of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium. Astrophys. J. 440, 697-705. [PDF]

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

Sandford, S.A. (1993). The Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectra of Antarctic Ureilites. Meteoritics 28, 579-585. [PDF]

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

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

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

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

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

Sandford, S.A. (1992). A Report on the 1984-1985 ANSMET Field Season. In Field and Laboratory Investigations of Antarctic Meteorites Collected by United States Expeditions, 1985-1987, eds., U.B. Marvin & G.J. MacPherson, Smithsonian Contributions #30, pp. 5-9.

Sandford, S.A. (1991). Constraints on the Parent Bodies of Collected Interplanetary Dust Particles. In Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust, eds. A. C. Levasseur-Regourd & H. Hasegawa, Proc. of IAU Coll. No. 126, Kyoto, Japan, (Kluwer Academic: Japan), pp. 397-404.

Sandford, S.A. (1991). The Spectrum of NGC 7027 from 3080 to 2630 cm^-1 (3.25-3.80 µm): Detection of New Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen Lines and New Constraints on the Chemical Sidegroups on PAHs. Astrophys. J. 376, 599-607. [PDF]

Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Sellgren, K., Tapia, M., & Pendleton, Y. (1991). The Interstellar C-H Stretching Band near 3.4 µm: Constraints on the Composition of Organic Material in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium. Astrophys. J. 371, 607-620. [PDF]

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

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

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

Sandford, S.A. (1989). Interstellar Dust in Collected Interplanetary Dust Particles. In Interstellar Dust, IAU Symposium #135, eds. L. J. Allamandola & A. G. G. M. Tielens, (Kluwer: Dordrecht), 403-413.

Sandford, S.A., & Bradley, J.P. (1989). Interplanetary Dust Particles Collected in the Stratosphere: Observations of Atmospheric Heating and Constraints on their Inter-relationships and Sources. Icarus 82, 146-166.

Sandford, S.A. (1988). The spectral properties of collected interplanetary dust particles. In Dust in the Universe, eds. M. E. Bailey & D. A. Williams, (Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge), pp. 193-198.

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

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

Sandford, S.A. (1987). The collection and analysis of extraterrestrial dust particles. Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics 12, 1-73.

Sandford, S. A. (1986). Acid dissolution experiments: Carbonates and the 6.8 micron bands in interplanetary dust particles. Science 231, 1540-1541.

Sandford, S.A. (1986). Solar flare track densities in interplanetary dust particles: The determination of an asteroidal versus cometary source of the zodiacal dust cloud. Icarus 68, 377-394.

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

Sandford, S. A. (1985). Laboratory infrared transmission spectra from 2.5 to 25 microns of individual interplanetary dust particles. Ph.D. thesis in Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Sandford, S. A., & Walker, R. M. (1985). Laboratory infrared transmission spectra of individual interplanetary dust particles from 2.5 to 25 microns. Astrophys. J. 291, 838-851. [PDF]

Sandford, S. A. (1984). Infrared transmission spectra from 2.5 to 25 microns of various meteorite classes. Icarus 60, 115-126.

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