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. Any "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
The dark and featureless surface of rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b from JWST mid-infrared spectroscopy
S. Zieba, L. Kreidberg, B. P. Coy, A. Bello-Arufe, K. Paragas, X. Lyu, R. Hu, A. Iyer, E. S. Kite, D. D. B. Koll, K. Wohlfarth, E. Whittaker, H. Knutson, R. Wordsworth, C. Morley, and L. Schaefer
Nat Astron x, x (2026)
Published: 4 May 2026
The important role of hydrogen in the formation of silicon carbide in evolved stars
G. Tajuelo-Castilla, G. Santoro, L. Martínez, P. Merino, J. Ignacio Martínez, P. L. de Andres, G. J. Ellis, Á. Mayoral, R. J. Peláez, I. Tanarro, M. Agúndez, S. Wiersma, H. Sabbah, J. Cernicharo, C. Joblin, and J. Á. Martín-Gago
Nat Astron x, x (2026)
Published: 4 May 2026
Controlled Formation and Unusual Reactivity of Cyanohexatriyne (HC7N), a Synthetically Challenging Interstellar Cyanopolyyne
L. Lefrançois, M. Cremer, T. Roisnel, J.-C. Guillemin, and Y. Trolez
Chem Eur J x, x (2026)
Published: 27 Jun 2026
Non-equilibrium formation of the elusive dibridged diboranyl (B2H5) radical and boranes in low-temperature diborane ices
J. Wang, J. H. Marks, C. Zhang, A. M. Turner, M. McAnally, M. Nogamida, and R. I. Kaiser
Chem Sci x, x (2026)
Published: 27 Jun 2026
High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
C. Opitom, J. Manfroid, D. Hutsemékers, E. Jehin, M. M. Knight, K. Aravind, L. Ferellec, D. Bodewits, V. V. Guzmán, M. Cordiner, R. C. Dorsey, F. La Forgia, M. Lippi, B. P. Murphy, C. Snodgrass, and M. Bannister
Nat Astron x, x (2026)
Published: 6 Jul 2026
The Rich Chemistry of Ionized Methanol With Sulfur Dioxide: Pathways to Prebiotic and Elusive Species in Earth's Atmosphere and Space
M. Satta, D. Catone, M. C. Castrovilli, and A. Cartoni
Chem Eur J x, x (2026)
Published: 9 Jul 2026
Abiotic Peptide-Like Bond Formation in Gas-Phase Nitrile-Water Clusters Driven by Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization
Y. Li, J. Gao, J. Guan, J. He, M. Xie, and Y. Hu
J Am Chem Soc x, x (2026)
Published: 10 Jul 2026

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 26 July 2026