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Nadia Balucani

Nadia Balucani

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
11724
World Ranking
7121
National Ranking
169

Overview

Nadia Balucani is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy and has contributed extensively to fields related to physics, astronomy, and chemistry. Their research output spans 178 publications within the broader scope of Physics and Astronomy and 84 focused on Chemistry. Their work intersects several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, and Catalysis.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Balucani's recent papers illustrate the diversity of their research interests and contributions. Selected publications include:

  • Quantum Mechanical Simulations of the Radical-Radical Chemistry on Icy Surfaces, 2022, published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Oxidation and nitridation of vitreous carbon at high temperatures, 2020, published in Carbon
  • H2 Formation on Interstellar Grains and the Fate of Reaction Energy, 2021, published in The Astrophysical Journal
  • Gas-phase formation of acetaldehyde: review and new theoretical computations, 2020, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • FAUST I. The hot corino at the heart of the prototypical Class I protostar L1551 IRS5, 2020, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters

The frequent co-authors with whom Balucani has collaborated include:

  • C. Ceccarelli
  • Marzio Rosi
  • Piero Ugliengo
  • Albert Rimola
  • Piergiorgio Casavecchia

The scientist publishes notably in venues such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Formation of complex organic molecules in cold objects: the role of gas-phase reactions

    Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Cecilia Ceccarelli;Cecilia Ceccarelli;Vianney Taquet

  • Gas-phase formation of the prebiotic molecule formamide: insights from new quantum computations

    V. Barone;C. Latouche;D. Skouteris;F. Vazart

  • Reactive scattering of atoms and radicals

    Michele Alagia;Nadia Balucani;Piergiorgio Casavecchia;Domenico Stranges

  • CRITICAL REVIEW OF N, N+, N+ 2, N++, And N++ 2 MAIN PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND REACTIONS OF RELEVANCE TO TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE

    Odile Dutuit;Nathalie Carrasco;Roland Thissen;Véronique Vuitton

  • Seeds Of Life In Space (SOLIS): The Organic Composition Diversity at 300–1000 au Scale in Solar-type Star-forming Regions*

    C. Ceccarelli;P. Caselli;F. Fontani;R. Neri

  • Crossed beam studies of four‐atom reactions: The dynamics of OH+CO

    Michele Alagia;Nadia Balucani;Piergiorgio Casavecchia;Domenico Stranges

  • Intersystem crossing and dynamics in O(3P) + C2H4 multichannel reaction: Experiment validates theory

    Bina Fu;Yong-Chang Han;Joel M Bowman;Luca Angelucci

  • The dynamics of the reaction OH + D2 → HOD + D: Crossed beam experiments and quantum mechanical scattering calculations on ab initio potential energy surfaces

    M. Alagia;N. Balucani;P. Casavecchia;D. Stranger

  • Comparative dynamics of Cl(2P) and O(3P) interactions with a hydrocarbon surface

    Donna J. Garton;Timothy K. Minton;Michele Alagia;Nadia Balucani

  • Formation of Nitriles in the Interstellar Medium via Reactions of Cyano Radicals, CN(X 2Σ+), with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

    N. Balucani;O. Asvany;L. C. L. Huang;Y. T. Lee

  • The Genealogical Tree of Ethanol: Gas-phase Formation of Glycolaldehyde, Acetic Acid, and Formic Acid

    Dimitrios Skouteris;Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Cecilia Ceccarelli;Fanny Vazart

  • Seeds of Life in Space (SOLIS) II. Formamide in protostellar shocks: Evidence for gas-phase formation

    C. Codella;C. Ceccarelli;C. Ceccarelli;P. Caselli;N. Balucani;N. Balucani

  • Infrared emission spectra of candidate interstellar aromatic molecules

    D J Cook;S Schlemmer;N Balucani;D R Wagner

  • A combined crossed molecular beam and ab initio investigation of C2 and C3 elementary reactions with unsaturated hydrocarbons--pathways to hydrogen deficient hydrocarbon radicals in combustion flames.

    Ralf I. Kaiser;Trung N. Le;Thanh L. Nguyen;Alexander M. Mebel

  • Elementary Reactions and Their Role in Gas-Phase Prebiotic Chemistry

    Nadia Balucani

  • Crossed beam reaction of cyano radicals with hydrocarbon molecules. I. Chemical dynamics of cyanobenzene (C6H5CN; X 1A1) and perdeutero cyanobenzene (C6D5CN; X 1A1) formation from reaction of CN(X 2Σ+) with benzene C6H6(X 1A1g), and d6-benzene C6D6(X 1A1g)

    N. Balucani;O. Asvany;A. H. H. Chang;S. H. Lin

  • Crossed molecular beams and quasiclassical trajectory studies of the reaction O(1D)+H2(D2)

    M. Alagia;N. Balucani;L. Cartechini;P. Casavecchia

  • Combined quantum chemical and modeling study of CO hydrogenation on water ice

    Albert Rimola;Vianney Taquet;Piero Ugliengo;Nadia Balucani

  • Exploring the reaction dynamics of nitrogen atoms: A combined crossed beam and theoretical study of N(2D)+D2→ND+D

    M. Alagia;N. Balucani;L. Cartechini;P. Casavecchia

  • Can Formamide Be Formed on Interstellar Ice? An Atomistic Perspective

    Albert Rimola;Dimitrios Skouteris;Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Nadia Balucani;Cecilia Ceccarelli

  • Dynamics of the Simplest Chlorine Atom Reaction: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

    M. Alagia;N. Balucani;L. Cartechini;P. Casavecchia

  • Crossed molecular beam reactive scattering: from simple triatomic to multichannel polyatomic reactions

    Nadia Balucani;Giovanni Capozza;Francesca Leonori;Enrico Segoloni

Frequent Co-Authors

Piergiorgio Casavecchia
Piergiorgio Casavecchia University of Perugia
Cecilia Ceccarelli
Cecilia Ceccarelli Grenoble Alpes University
Bertrand Lefloch
Bertrand Lefloch Grenoble Alpes University
Emmanuel Caux
Emmanuel Caux Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Piero Ugliengo
Piero Ugliengo University of Turin
Ralf I. Kaiser
Ralf I. Kaiser University of Hawaii at Manoa
Albert Rimola
Albert Rimola Autonomous University of Barcelona
Rafael Bachiller
Rafael Bachiller Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de España
Paola Caselli
Paola Caselli Max Planck Society
Fernando Pirani
Fernando Pirani University of Perugia

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