Many interstellar complex organic molecules (COMs) are believed to be produced on the surfaces of icy grains at low temperatures. Atomic carbon is considered responsible for the skeletal evolution ...
A research group led by Prof. Yang Yong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the role of neighboring adsorbate and quantum tunneling in the ...
Our results for diffusing carbon atoms on ices draw together old and new theories of interstellar surface chemistry, attributing a dual behaviour to carbon atoms. This finding should ignite the search ...