Astronomical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) species

We have investigated several hydrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by mass selective infrared ion spectroscopy (IRIS).

• The Sequence of Coronene Hydrogenation Revealed by Gas-phase IR Spectroscopy.
  S. Cazeauz, Y. Arribard, D. Egorov, J. Polatás, R. Hoekstra, G. Berden, J. Oomens, T. Schlathölter
  The Astrophysical Journal 875 (2019) 27
  © 2019 American Astronomical Society. The Astrophysical Journal (2019)
  
  
• Structure and Dissociation Pathways of Protonated Tetralin (1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene).
  M. Vala, J. Oomens, and G. Berden
  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121 (2017) 4606–4612.
  © 2017 American Chemical Society. Journal of Chemical Physics A (2016)
  
  
• Photolysis-induced scrambling of PAHs as a mechanism for deuterium storage.
  S.D. Wiersma, A. Candian, J.M. Bakker, J. Martens, G. Berden, J. Oomens, W.J. Buma, and A. Petrignani
  Astronomy and Astrophysics 635 (2020) A9.
  © 2020 EDP sciences. Astronomy and Astrophysics (2020)
  
  
• The infrared spectrum of protonated buckminsterfullerene C60H+.
  J. Palotás, J. Martens, G. Berden, and J. Oomens.
  Nature Astronomy 4 (2020) 240-245.
  © 2020 Nature Springer. Nature Astronomy (2020)
  
  
• Laboratory IR spectroscopy of protonated hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene and dicoronylene.
  J. Palotás, J. Martens, G. Berden, and J. Oomens.
  Jounal of Molecular Spectroscopy 378 (2021) 111474.
  © 2021 Elsevier. (open acces, free dowload)
  
  
• Laboratory infrared spectroscopy of gaseaous negatively charged polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
  J. Gao, G. Berden, and J. Oomens.
  The Astrophysical Journal 787 (2014) 170.