Browsing by Author "Cheng, B. -M."

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Infrared attenuation due to phase change from amorphous to crystalline observed in astrochemical propargyl ether ices
(2020-01-05)
Rahul, K. K.
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Meka, J. K.
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Pavithraa, S.
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Gorai, P.
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Das, A.
Astrochemical ices are known to undergo morphological changes, from amorphous to crystalline, upon warming the ice from lower (10 K) to higher temperatures. Phase changes are mostly identified by the observation of significant changes in the InfraRed (IR) spectrum, where the IR bands that are broad in the amorphous phase are narrower and split when the ice turns crystalline. To-date all the molecules that are studied under astrochemical conditions are observed to follow such a behaviour without significant attenuation in the IR wavelength. However, in this paper we report a new observation when propargyl ether (C3H3OC3H3) is warmed from the amorphous phase, at 10 K, through the phase transition temperature of 170 K, the crystalline ice being found to strongly attenuate IR photons at the mid-IR wavelengths. (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
SH stretching vibration of propanethiol ice-a signature for its identification in the interstellar icy mantles
(2017-07-01)
Pavithraa, S.
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Sahu, D.
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Seth, G.
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Lo, J. -I.
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Sekhar, B. N. Raja
Among the most commonly existing thiol molecules, methanethiol and ethanethiol were discovered in the interstellar medium and identification of the next larger thiol molecule, propanethiol, is long awaited. By simulating icy astrochemical conditions and probing propanethiol ices under infrared spectroscopy we propose the use of SH stretching vibrations observed in the propanethiol molecular ice as a probe towards its identification in the interstellar medium. Though there are conformational changes within the ice (as observed in both VUV and IR spectra), the SH stretching vibration of propanethiol is observed to be unique among the set of thiol molecules, methanethiol and ethanethiol, which enables the detection of propanethiol ice in interstellar dust mantles using the James Webb Space Telescope.