New center article - Lars Borchert
Title: Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy of space-related ices: Formation of (cyano)polyynes in 1 keV electron irradiated hydrocarbon-rich ices
Summary:
We investigated the formation of polyynes and cyanopolyynes from the irradiation of alkane ices under space-like conditions. This is interesting as polyynes may be a type of precursor molecule to life-essential amino acids. Finding formation pathways to the molecular building blocks of life in space.