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• 2020

  A new technique for determining the refractive index of ices at cryogenic temperatures

  Stubbing, J. W., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Brown, W. A., 21 Nov 2020, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22, 43, p. 25353 - 25365 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Refractive index
  • Ice
  • cryogenic temperature
  • Cryogenics
  • ice
  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Thermal Desorption of Carbon Monoxide from Model Interstellar Ice Surfaces: Revealing Surface Heterogeneity

  Taj, S. & McCoustra, M. R. S., Oct 2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 498, 2, p. 1693-1699 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • carbon monoxide
  • ice
  • desorption
  • astrophysics
  • water
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Acceleration of Ion Recombination Reaction Rates in Cold Dark Clouds Through Spontaneous Polarization Charge On CO Ice Mantles

  Cassidy, A. M., Rosu-Finsen, A., Lasne, J., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Field, D., Apr 2019, p. 390-391. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • ion recombination
  • recombination reactions
  • Ice
  • Earth mantle
  • recombination

• Correction: Surface heterogeneity and inhomogeneous broadening of vibrational line profiles

  Taj, S., Baird, D., Rosu-Finsen, A. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 14 Oct 2019, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21, 38, p. 21663-21664 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • profiles
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• Plasma modification of textiles: understanding the mechanisms involved

  McCoustra, M. R. S. & Mather, R. R., 21 Aug 2019, In: Textile Progress. 50, 4, p. 185-229 45 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Textiles
  • Plasmas
  • Surface properties
  • Design of experiments
  • Process control
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  73 Downloads (Pure)

• Surface Science Investigations of Icy Mantle Growth on Interstellar Dust Grains in Cooling Environments

  Marchione, D., Rosu-Finsen, A., Taj, S., Lasne, J., Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Thrower, J., Frankland, V., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 19 Sep 2019, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 3, 9, p. 1915-1931 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earth mantle
  • Dust
  • dust
  • mantle
  • cooling
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  66 Downloads (Pure)

• Three things you probably didn't know about amorphous solid water

  McCoustra, M. R. S., 18 Aug 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • agglomeration
  • experimental study
  • ice
  • water
  • temperature
  22 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  A Fibre-Coupled UHV-Compatible Variable Angle Reflection-Absorption UV/Visible Spectrometer

  Stubbing, J. W., Salter, T. L., Brown, W. A., Taj, S. & McCoustra, M. R. S., May 2018, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 89, 5, 054102.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Refractometry
  • Myelinated Nerve Fibers
  • Ice
  • Vacuum
  • Benzene
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Assigning a Structural Motif using Spontaneous Molecular Dipole Orientation in Thin Films

  Roman, M., Dunn, A., Taj, S., Keolopile, Z. G., Rosu-Finsen, A., Gutowski, M., McCoustra, M. R. S., Cassidy, A. M. & Field, D., 14 Dec 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, 46, p. 29038-29044 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • formates
  • dimers
  • dipoles
  • thin films
  • predictions
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Efficient defluoridation of water by Monetite nanorods

  Shen, J., Evangelista, M. F., Mkongo, G., Wen, H., Langford, R., Rosair, G. M., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Arrighi, V., Feb 2018, In: Adsorption. 24, 2, p. 135-145 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • nanorods
  • adsorption
  • fluorides
  • water
  • adsorbents
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Impact of Oxygen Chemistry on Model Interstellar Grain Surfaces

  Rosu-Finsen, A. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 28 Feb 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, 8, p. 5368-5376 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • enthalpy
  • desorption
  • oxygen
  • silica
  • atomic absorption spectroscopy
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Laboratory Studies of Thermal and Non-thermal Processes in and on Growing Icy Grain Mantles: Peeling an Icy Onion...

  Marchione, D., Rosu-Finsen, A., Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Thrower, J., Frankland, V., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 25 Jun 2018, p. 11. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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  • peeling
  • Earth mantle
  • desorption
  • ice
  • synthesis
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Non-linear and Non-local Behaviour in Spontaneously Electrical Solids

  Roman, M., Taj, S., Gutowski, M., McCoustra, M. R. S., Dunn, A., Keolopile, Z. G., Rosu-Finsen, A., Cassidy, A. M. & Field, D., 14 Feb 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, 7, p. 5112-5116 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • dipoles
  • temperature
  • discontinuity
  • formates
  • bears
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  A Review of recent Progress in understanding the spontelectric State of Matter

  Plekan, O., Rosu-Finsen, A., Cassidy, A. M., Lasne, J., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Field, D., 20 Jun 2017, In: European Physical Journal D. 71, 6, 8 p., 162.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review

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  • electron beams
  • formates
  • nitrous oxides
  • shift
  • electric fields
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Bright Lights: Big Experiments! A Public Engagement Activity for International Year of Light

  Downie, J. D., Morton, J. A. S. & McCoustra, M. R. S., Jan 2017, In: Physics Education. 52, 1, 9 p., 015005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • experiment
  • pupil
  • video
  • staff
  • student
  41 Downloads (Pure)

• Cosmic Rays, Electrons and Photons… A Common Foundation

  McCoustra, M. R. S., 20 Jan 2017, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

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  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Electron-induced Chemistry: Preliminary Comparative Studies of Hydrogen Production from Water, Methanol and Diethyl Ether

  Marchione, D. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 17 Aug 2017, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 1, 6, p. 310-315 6 p.

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  • diethyl ether
  • hydrogen production
  • methyl alcohol
  • desorption
  • chemistry
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  28 Downloads (Pure)

• Electron-Promoted Desorption from Water Ice Surfaces: Neutral Gas-Phase Products

  Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Rosu-Finsen, A., Marchione, D., Thrower, J., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 15 Jun 2017, In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 1, 4, p. 209-215 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • neutral gases
  • ice
  • desorption
  • vapor phases
  • products
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Gas – Grain Interactions: A Surface Science Tutorial

  McCoustra, M. R. S., 26 Sep 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Molecular Hydrogen Production from Amorphous Solid Water during Low Energy Electron Irradiation

  Gadallah, K., Marchione, D., Koehler, S. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 28 Jan 2017, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19, 4, p. 3349-3357 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Hydrogen
  • Electrons
  • Water
  • Vacuum
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Peeling an Icy Onion... What Recent Experiments May Tell Us About the Structure and Evolution of Icy Dust Grains

  McCoustra, M. R. S., Rosu-Finsen, A., Marchione, D., Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Frankland, V., Thrower, J., Collings, M. P. & Gadallah, K., 22 Sep 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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  15 Downloads (Pure)

• Peeling an Icy Onion... What Recent Experiments May Tell Us About the Structure and Evolution of Icy Dust Grains

  McCoustra, M. R. S., Rosu-Finsen, A., Marchione, D., Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Frankland, V., Thrower, J., Collings, M. P. & Gadallah, K., 14 Sep 2017.

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• Surface heterogeneity and inhomogeneous broadening of vibrational line profiles

  Taj, S., Baird, D., Rosu-Finsen, A. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 21 Mar 2017, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19, 11, p. 7990-7995 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • carbon monoxide
  • profiles
  • silicon dioxide
  • synthesis
  • molecular relaxation
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  46 Downloads (Pure)

• Surface Heterogeneity and Inhomogeneous Broadening of Vibrational Line Profiles

  Taj, S., Baird, D., Rosu-Finsen, A. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 3 Nov 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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  • carbon monoxide
  • profiles
  • methyl alcohol
  • infrared spectroscopy
  • desorption
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Surface Heterogeneity and Inhomogeneous Broadening of Vibrational Line Profiles

  Baird, D., Taj, S., Frankland, V., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 13 Apr 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Wannier-Mott Excitons in Nanoscale Molecular Ices

  Chen, Y-J., Muñoz Caro, G., Aparicio, S., Jiménez-Escobar, A., Lasne, J., Rosu-Finsen, A., McCoustra, M. R. S., Cassidy, A. M. & Field, D., 13 Oct 2017, In: Physical Review Letters. 119, 15, 157703.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • carbon monoxide
  • ice
  • excitons
  • permittivity
  • shift
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Dipole Aligned Solids - A Metastable Phase of Molecular Materials

  Rosu-Finsen, A., Lasne, J., Cassidy, A., Field, D. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 19 Oct 2015, 62nd International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society. TF+AS+SS-MoM2

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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  • dipoles
  • water
  • electric fields
  • carbon monoxide
  • thin films
  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Electronic Excitation Transport in Ices: A Key Role for Hydrogen Bonding

  Marchione, D., Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 21 Oct 2015, 62nd International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society. SS+AS-WeA2

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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  • ice
  • hydrogen
  • electronics
  • excitation
  • benzene
  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Laboratory surface astrochemistry experiments

  Frankland, V., Rosu-Finsen, A., Lasne, J., Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., May 2015, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 86, 5, 055103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Atomic beams
  • Dust
  • Molecules
  • Ultrahigh vacuum
  • Temperature programmed desorption
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  104 Downloads (Pure)

• Probing model interstellar grain surfaces with small molecules

  Collings, M. P., Frankland, V., Lasne, J., Marchione, D., Rosu-Finsen, A. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 2015, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 449, 2, p. 1826-1833 8 p., MN-14-3520-MJ.R1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • molecules
  • silicon dioxide
  • desorption
  • kinetics
  • carbon monoxide
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  301 Downloads (Pure)

• Spontaneous electric fields in solid carbon monoxide

  Lasne, J., Rosu-Finsen, A., Cassidy, A., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Field, D., 28 Nov 2015, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17, 44, p. 30177-30187 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Ice
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Data Analysis
  15 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Spontaneously electrical solids in a new light

  Lasne, J., Rosu-Finsen, A., Cassidy, A., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Field, D., 28 Aug 2015, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17, 32, p. 20971-20980

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • nitrous oxides
  • Stark effect
  • absorption spectroscopy
  • infrared spectroscopy
  • electrical properties
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  74 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  General Discussion: Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas

  Kamp, I., Jager, C., Rab, C., Plane, J., Jones, A., van der Tak, F., Loppolo, S., Pontoppidan, K., Zacharias, H., van Dishoeck, E., Linnartz, H., Arumainayagam, C., Kaiser, R., Dulieu, F., McGregor, J., Rawlings, J., Mason, N., McCoustra, M. R. S., Oba, Y., Vidali, G. & 6 others, Doronin, M., Congiu, E., Fillion, J-H., Herbst, E., Watanabe, N. & Hornekaer, L., 2014, In: Faraday Discussions. 168, p. 423-448

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• General Discussion: Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas

  Kuppen, H., Oba, Y., Congiu, E., Dulieu, F., Kaiser, R., Price, S., Meuwly, M., Hama, T., Minissale, M., Loppolo, S., McCoustra, M. R. S., Zins, E-L., Garrod, R., Watanabe, N., Herbst, E., Heard, D., Schram, D., Zacharias, H., Vidali, G., McGregor, J. & 18 others, Linnartz, H., Lamberts, T., Rawlings, J., Arumainayagam, C., Woods, P., Kamp, I., Mason, N., Meijer, A., Hornekaer, L., Jones, A., Mate, B., Rimola, A., Fukushima, K., Ellinger, Y., Drozdovskaya, M., Jager, C., Fillion, J-H. & Heays, A., 2014, In: Faraday Discussions. 168, p. 571-615

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• General Discussion: Astrochemistry of Dust, Ice and Gas

  Dulieu, F., van Dishoeck, E., Meuwly, M., Kaiser, R., Kamp, I., Semenov, D., Pontoppidan, K., Millar, T., van der Tak, F., Bergin, E., Herbst, E., Jones, A., Kama, M., Garrod, R., Linnartz, H., Walsh, C., Heays, A., Hornekaer, L., Heard, D., Schram, D. & 13 others, Fukushima, K., McCoustra, M. R. S., Price, S., Hickson, K., Ligterink, N., Guzman Veloso, V., Oberg, K., Guzman-Ramirez, L., Ellinger, Y., Cuppen, H., Fayolle, E., Fillion, J-H. & Rawlings, J., 2014, In: Faraday Discussions. 168, p. 129-149

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• General Discussion: Nanoscale and Bio-imaging

  Chapman, H., Chergui, M., McCoustra, M., van Thor, J., Underwood, J., Woerner, M., Bressler, C., Smolentsev, G., Kuepper, J. & Jacobsen, C., 2014, In: Faraday Discussions. 171, p. 419-427 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Investigations into the nature of spontelectrics: nitrous oxide diluted in xenon

  Cassidy, A., Plekan, O., Dunger, J., Balog, R., Jones, N., Lasne, J., Rosu-Finsen, A., McCoustra, M. R. S. & Field, D., 15 Oct 2014, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16, 43, p. 23843-23853 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • nitrous oxides
  • xenon
  • dipoles
  • dilution
  • solid state physics
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  130 Downloads (Pure)

• Non-thermal desorption from icy grain mantles: Is hydrogen bonding important?

  Collings, M. P. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 16 Mar 2014, In: Abstracts of Papers: American Chemical Society Meetings. 247, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

• The Chemical Cradle of Life: Review of "Life Beyond Earth", A. Coustenis and T. Encrenaz (Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781107026179)

  McCoustra, M. R. S., 2014, In: Chemistry World. 11, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

• The interaction of carbon monoxide with model astrophysical surfaces

  Collings, M. P., Dever, J. W. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 2014, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16, 8, p. 3479-3492 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Cosmic Dust
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Gases
  • Vacuum
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Laboratory studies of desorption in model astrophysical ice systems

  McCoustra, M. & Collings, M., 2013, First International Conference on Chemical Evolution of Star Forming Region and Origin of Life : Astrochem2012 : S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, 10-13 July 2012. Chakrabarti, S. K., Acharyya, K. & Das, A. (eds.). Melville, New York: American Institute of Physics, Vol. 1543. p. 289-306 18 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings; vol. 1543).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • ice
  • desorption
  • astrophysics
  • astronomy
  • ultrahigh vacuum

• Laboratory studies of electron and ion irradiation of solid acetonitrile (CH3CN)

  Abdulgalil, A. G. M., Marchione, D., Thrower, J., Collings, M., McCoustra, M., Islam, F., Palumbo, M. E., Congiu, E. & Dulieu, F., 13 Jul 2013, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 371, 1994, 20 p., 20110586.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • acetonitrile
  • electron irradiation
  • ion irradiation
  • desorption
  • electrons
  22 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Laboratory investigations of irradiated acetonitrile-containing ices on an interstellar dust analog

  Abdulgalil, A., Marchione, D., Rosu-Finsen, A., Collings, M. & McCoustra, M., Jul 2012, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. 30, 4, 041505 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • acetonitrile
  • ice
  • dust
  • analogs
  • cross sections
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Laboratory studies of desorption from model interstellar ices using surface science methodologies

  Collings, M. & McCoustra, M., 2012, Proceedings of the European Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics. Stehle, C., Joblin, C. & d'Hendecourt, L. (eds.). Vol. 58. p. 315 - 326 12 p. (European Astronomical Society Publications Series; vol. 58).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Formation of H-2(+) by ultra-low-energy collisions of protons with water ice surfaces

  Bag, S., McCoustra, M. & Pradeep, T., 21 Jul 2011, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115, 28, p. 13813-13819

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ice
  • protons
  • collisions
  • water
  • interstellar chemistry
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Highly efficient electron-stimulated desorption of benzene from amorphous solid water ice

  Thrower, J. D., Collings, M. P., Rutten, F. J. M. & McCoustra, M. R. S., 30 Mar 2011, In: Chemical Physics Letters. 505, 4-6, p. 106-111 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • benzene
  • ice
  • desorption
  • water
  • electrons
  15 Citations (Scopus)