Preprints

I sort the publications I post on The Astrochymist by the month in which they are formally published in a journal issue. Sometimes articles end up in limbo for an extended time. This is a particular problem with what I call "special issue limbo." While it is common now to have article collections that are spread out over multiple issues of a journal, some journals still accumulate articles until the issue is closed and published.

From time to time I search more broadly than my usual slate of 50+ journals where most astrochemistry articles are published. This is a good place to cite articles in press in journals like JACS, J Phys Chem C, etc. so they will make it onto the main Publications page in due course. The "x" placeholder indicates missing information about volume, article number/page range, and/or year of publication.

This web page also hosts unreviewed articles submitted to nontraditional venues for disseminating results, such as HAL.

Miscellaneous Articles
Mineral Quantum Dots on the Moon
A. Roy, R. Ramachandran, S. V. Singh, K. K. Marhas, W. Khan, J. K. Meka, M. Ambresh, S. Rathi, V. Thiruvenkatam, P. Janardhan, S. N. Gupta, N. J. Mason, A. Bhardwaj, S. Vijayan, and B. Sivaraman
hal-05354527 (2025)
Published: 7 Nov 2025
From Methane to Nanodiamond Precursors in Water: Superacid-like Condensation Pathways Under Extreme Conditions
T. Thévenet, A. Dian, M. Cioni, A. Markovits, S. Scandolo, A. France-Lanord, and F. Siro Brigiano
Angew Chem Int Ed x, e20364 (202x)
Published: 26 Nov 2025
Acetaldehyde as CH2+• Acceptor: Characterization of an Ionic Adduct Possibly Playing a Role in the Astronomical Environment
D. Corinti, D. B. Rap, S. Brünken, M. Gerlach, B. Chiavarino, S. Fornarini, P. Mayer, and M. E. Crestoni
ACS Phys Chem Au x, x (2026)
Published: 6 Dec 2025
Sticking Probabilities of Structural Isomers of Butene under Non-Equilibrium Gas-Surface Collision Conditions
F. Lizano, E. A. Jamka, and S. J. Sibener
J Phys Chemistry C x, x (2026)
Published: 17 Dec 2025

Please send information about additional articles in limbo here.
If possible, include the DOI or a link to the article's abstract.
Maintained by DE Woon
Updated 4 January 2026