The Hornekær Group at InterCat focuses on astrochemical processes on interstellar dust grains, combining surface science, nanoscience, and astrophysics.
In IRAstro, the group:
- uses scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to image and manipulate individual molecules
- develops new instrumentation to enable IR spectroscopy of single molecules in the condensed phase.
- investigates formation pathways of complex organic molecules under interstellar conditions
Their work enables direct observation of astrochemical processes at the atomic scale.
