V. Kofman
Laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical significance of the fully-benzenoid PAH triphenylene and its cation
Kofman, V.; Sarre, Peter; Hibbins, R.E.; ten Kate, I.L.; Linnartz, H.
Authors
Peter Sarre
R.E. Hibbins
I.L. ten Kate
H. Linnartz
Abstract
Triphenylene (C18H12) is a highly symmetric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecule with a ‘fully-benzenoid’ electronic structure. This confers a high chemical stability compared with PAHs of similar size. Although numerous infrared and UV-visible experimental spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a wide range PAHs in an astrophysical context have been conducted, triphenylene and its radical cation have received almost no attention. There exists a huge body of spectroscopic evidence for neutral and ionised PAHs in astrophysical sources, obtained principally through detection of infrared emission features that are characteristic of PAHs as a chemical class. However, it has so far not proved possible to identify spectroscopically a single isolated PAH in space, although PAHs including triphenylene have been detected mass spectrometrically in meteorites. In this work we focus on recording laboratory electronic spectra of neutral and ionised triphenylene between 220 and 780 nm, trapped in H2O ice and solid argon at 12 K. The studies are motivated by the potential for spectroscopic astronomical detection of electronic absorption spectra of PAHs in ice mantles on interstellar grains as discussed by Linnartz (2014), and were undertaken also in a cold Ar matrix to provide guidance as to whether triphenylene (particularly in its singly positively ionised form) could be a viable candidate for any of the unidentified diffuse interstellar absorption bands. Based on the argon-matrix experimental results, comparison is made with previously unpublished astronomical spectra near 400 nm which contain broad interstellar absorption features consistent with the predictions from the laboratory matrix spectra, thus providing motivation for the recording of gas-phase electronic spectra of the internally cold triphenylene cation.
Citation
Kofman, V., Sarre, P., Hibbins, R., ten Kate, I., & Linnartz, H. (2017). Laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical significance of the fully-benzenoid PAH triphenylene and its cation. Molecular astrophysics, 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molap.2017.04.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 19, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 20, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jun 30, 2017 |
Deposit Date | May 11, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | May 11, 2017 |
Journal | Molecular Astrophysics |
Electronic ISSN | 2405-6758 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molap.2017.04.002 |
Keywords | Astrochemistry; Molecular processes; Methods: laboratory; techniques: spectroscopic; ISM: Molecules |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/870479 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405675817300039 |
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