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20062020
most citedThe formation of fullerenes: clues from new C60, C70, and (possible) planar C24 detections in Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae

142 citations · 676 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

astro-ph.IM2020★ 11 cited

Integrated molar absorptivity of mid- and far-infrared spectra of glycine and other selected amino acids

S. Iglesias-Groth, F. Cataldo

A selection of five proteinogenic amino acids, namely glycine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan were studied in the mid-infrared and in the far-infrared with the…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 17 cited

Petroleum, coal and other organics in space

F. Cataldo, D. A. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Manchado

The petroleum and coal models of the unidentified infrared emissions (UIE), sometimes referred also as unidentified infrared bands (UIBs) has been reviewed mainly based on the work…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 1 cited

A Theoretical Investigation of the Possible Detection of C24 in Space

SeyedAbdolreza Sadjadi, Sun Kwok, Franco Cataldo +2

Astronomical infrared spectral features at ~6.6, 9.8 and 20 micronm have recently been suggested as being due to the planar graphene form of C24 carbon cluster. Here we report dens…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 23 cited

Synthesis And Characterization Of Polyynes End-Capped By Biphenyl Groups ({\Alpha},Ω-Biphenylpolyynes)

Franco Cataldo, Ornella Ursini, Alberto Milani +1

Stable polyyne chains terminated with biphenyl end groups (a,u-biphenylpolyynes) were synthesized in a single step through a simple procedure by using the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz reacti…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 65 cited

Semiconductor-to-metal transition in carbon-atom wires driven by sp2 conjugated endgroups

Alberto Milani, Matteo Tommasini, Valentino Barbieri +4

Novel bis(biphenyl)-capped polyynes have been synthesized to investigate the modulation of the electronic and optical properties of sp-hybridized carbon-atom wires (CAWs) capped wi…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 21 cited

A search for hydrogenated fullerenes in fullerene-containing planetary nebulae

J. J. Díaz-Luis, D. A. García-Hernández, A. Manchado +1

Detections of C60 and C70 fullerenes in planetary nebulae (PNe) of the Magellanic Clouds and of our own Galaxy have raised the idea that other forms of carbon such as hydrogenated…