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Pubblicazioni

Balucani N. & Skouteris D. (2021). Gas-phase Prebiotic Chemistry Driven by Ultraviolet Photolysis of Simple Molecules. in Prebiotic Photochemistry: From Urey–Miller-like Experiments to Recent Findings, Eds. Franz Saija, Giuseppe Cassone, Royal Society of Chemistry, Pages 37 - 59, doi.org/10.1039/9781839164354-00037

Signorile M., Pantaleone S., Balucani N., Bonino F., Martra G., Ugliengo P. (2020). Monitoring the Reactivity of Formamide on Amorphous SiO2 by In-Situ UV-Raman Spectroscopy and DFT Modeling Molecules, 25, 2274; DOI:10.3390/molecules25102274 

Rosi M., Pacifici L., Skouteris D., Caracciolo A., Casavecchia P., Falcinelli S., Balucani N. (2020). A Computational Study on the Insertion of N(2D) into a C—H or C—C Bond: The Reactions of N(2D) with Benzene and Toluene and Their Implications on the Chemistry of Titan. In: Gervasi O. et al. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12251. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_54 

Mancini L., de Aragão E.V.F., Rosi M., Skouteris D., Balucani N. (2020). A Theoretical Investigation of the Reactions of N(2D) with Small Alkynes and Implications for the Prebiotic Chemistry of Titan. In: Gervasi O. et al. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12251. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_52

Rimola A., Ceccarelli C., Balucani N., Ugliengo P. (2020). Interaction of HCO+ cations with interstellar negative grains. Quantum chemical investigation and astrophysical implications. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 8, 655405; https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.655405.

Pantaleone S., Corno M., Rimola A., Balucani N., Ugliengo P.(2021). Ab-Initio Computational Study on Fe2NiP Schreibersite: Bulk and Surface Characterization
ACS Earth Space Chemistry; in press. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00083  

Pantaleone S., Romero J.E., Ceccarelli C., Ferrero S., Balucani N., Rimola A., Ugliengo P. (2021). H2 formation on interstellar grains and the fate of reaction energy. Astrophysical Journal, in press. arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.06843​

P. Recio, D. Marchione, A. Caracciolo, V. Murray, P. Casavecchia, L. Mancini, M. Rosi, N. Balucani. (2021). A crossed molecular beam investigation of the N(2D) + pyridine reaction and implications for prebiotic chemistry. Chem. Phys. Lett., in press 

8. P Liang, L Mancini, D Marchione, G Vanuzzo,  F Ferlin, Y Tan, G Pannacci,  L Vaccaro,  M Rosi, P Casavecchia, N Balucani. (2021). Combined crossed molecular beams and computational study on the  N(2D) + HCCCN(X 1Σ+) reaction and implications for extra-terrestrial environments. Molecular Physics, in press 


Presentazioni orali a congressi

Balucani N.  (Invited talk): Deuterium enrichment of interstellar complex organic molecules in gas-phase chemistry. 43rd COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly (Virtual), Scientific Event F3.5: "Pre-biotic and complex molecules in the universe", Sydney (Australia), 28 gennaio - 4 febbraio 2021. 

Demian Marchione, Gianmarco Vanuzzo, Pengxiao Liang, Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Luca Mancini, Emilia de Aragao, Noelia Fagina Lago, Marzio Rosi, Francesco Ferlin, Nadia Balucani.  Reactivity of the Cyano Radical (CN) with Cyanoacetylene (HC3N) and with Vinyl Cyanide (H2CCHCN) in Titan’s Atmosphere: a Combined Crossed Beam and Theoretical Study. AGU Fall meeting (Virtual), 1-17 dicembre 2020, sessione P071 - Titan: Past, Present, and Future Investigations of Saturn’s Giant Moon 

Giacomo Pannacci, Luca Mancini, Marzio Rosi, Nadia Balucani, Dimitrios Skouteris, Emilia Valença Ferreira de Aragão, Gianmarco Vanuzzo, Demian Marchione, Pedro Recio, Pengxiao Liang, Yuxin Tan, and Piergiorgio Casavecchia. The reactions of atomic nitrogen in its first electronically excited state with the C3H4 isomers and implications for the atmospheric chemistry of Titan. Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (Virtual), 21 September – 9 October 2020, sessione "Planet" Titan

Dimitrios Skouteris, Nadia Balucani, Adriana Caracciolo, Piergiorgio Casavecchia, and Marzio Rosi. The N(2D) reaction with small aromatic compounds and implications in the aromatic chemistry of the upper atmosphere of Titan  Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (Virtual), 21 September – 9 October 2020, sessione "Planet" Titan

Nadia Balucani, Pedro Recio, Demian Marchione, Adriana Caracciolo, and Piergiorgio Casavecchia.  The stability of pyridine upon chemical attack under the conditions of primitive Earth. Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (Virtual), 21 September – 9 October 2020, sessione Astrobiology

Francesco Ferlin; Luigi Vaccaro; Nadia Balucani. Experimental Solubility Determination of Organic Compounds in Simulated Titan's Methane Lakes. XVI Congresso Nazionale di Scienze Planetarie, 3-7 febbraio 2020, Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padova

D. Marchione; L. Mancini; N. Balucani; D. Skouteris; F. Ferlin; L.Vaccaro; G. Vanuzzo; P. Casavecchia; M. Rosi  Formation of nitriles and other N-containing organic molecules in the upper atmosphere of Titan. XVI Congresso Nazionale di Scienze Planetarie, 3-7 febbraio 2020, Centro Culturale Altinate San Gaetano, Padova


Poster presentati a congressi

Francesco Ferlin, Luigi Vaccaro, Nadia Balucani. Experimental Determination of the Solubility of Titan's Aromatic Compounds and Nitriles in Liquid Methane. AGU Fall meeting (Virtual), 1-17 dicembre 2020, sessione P067 - Titan: Past, Present, and Future Investigations of Saturn’s Giant Moon

Nadia Balucani, Pedro Recio, Demian Marchione, Adriana Caracciolo, Piergiorgio Casavecchia. The Stability of Pyridine and Its Derivatives upon Chemical Attack under the Conditions of Primitive Earth. AGU Fall meeting (Virtual), 1-17 dicembre 2020, sessione P064 - Getting the Most Out of Data in Astrobiology: Overcoming the Too Little, Too Rare, and Too Different

Gianmarco Vanuzzo, Adriana Caracciolo, Nadia Balucani, Timothy K Minton, Doufu Yuan, Leonardo Pacifici, Marzio Rosi, Dimitrios Skouteris, Piergiorgio Casavecchia. Combined crossed molecular beam and theoretical studies of the N(2D) + benzene and toluene reactions: primary products, branching ratios and implications for the atmospheric chemistry of Titan. AGU Fall meeting (Virtual), 1-17 dicembre 2020, sessione A181 - Chemical Physics Insights into Atmospheric and Planetary Chemistry 

Stefano Pantaleone, Matteo Signorile, Nadia Balucani, Francesca Bonino, Gianmario Martra, and Piero Ugliengo. Monitoring the Reactivity of Formamide on Amorphous SiO2 by In-Situ UV-Raman Spectroscopy and DFT Modeling. Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (Virtual), 21 September – 9 October 2020, sessione Laboratory measurements of minerals, ices and organic matter

Stefano Pantaleone , Albert Rimola , Javier Navarro-Ruiz, Pierre Mignon , Mariona Sodupe, Piero Ugliengo , Nadia Balucani. Formamide dehydration and condensation on acidic montmorillonite: mechanistic insights from ab-initio periodic simulations.  Computational Astrochemistry @ICCSA 2020 (Virtual), 1-4 luglio 2020, Cagliari