Publications

Highlights on latest pubblication in referred journals

Survival of Xanthoria parietina in simulated space conditions: vitality assessment and spectroscopic analysis

Lorenz, C. et al. 2022. International Journal of Astrobiology, 1-17.

Thermal desorption of astrophysical relevant ice mixtures of acetaldehyde and acetonitrile from olivine dust

Corazzi, M.A. et al. 2021. Astrophysical Journal, Volume 913, Number 2.

Temperature dependent mid-infrared (5-25 μm) reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous meteorites and minerals: Implication for remote sensing in Solar System exploration

Poggiali, G. et al. 2021. Icarus, Volume 354, article id. 114040.

UV Irradiation and Near Infrared Characterization of Laboratory Mars Soil Analog Samples

Fornaro, T. et al. 2020. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Volume 7, (online)

Ultraviolet Photoprocessing of Glycine Adsorbed on Various Space-Relevant Minerals

Poggiali, G. et al. 2020. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Volume 7, id.18

Photoprocessing of formamide ice: route towards prebiotic chemistry in space

Corazzi, M. A. et al. 2020. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 636, id.A63

Role of Mineral Surfaces in Prebiotic Processes and Space-Like Conditions

Brucato, J. R. & Fornaro, T. 2019, Biosignatures for Astrobiology, Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019, p. 183

Physical characterization of 2009 WN25: exploring the link with November i-Draconids meteor shower

S. Ieva et al. 2019, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 2, p.2335-2339

Solid State Photochemistry of Hydroxylated Naphthalenes on Minerals: Probing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Transformation Pathways under Astrochemically-Relevant Conditions

Potenti et al. 2018, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 2, issue 10, pp. 977-1000

UV irradiation of biomarkers adsorbed on minerals under Martian-like conditions: Hints for life detection on Mars

Fornaro et al. 2018, Icarus, Volume 313, p. 38-60.


Relevant collaborations

Fine-regolith production on asteroids controlled by rock porosity.

Cambioni, S., Delbo, M., Poggiali, G. et al. 2021. Nature, 598, 49–52

Laboratory Investigations Coupled to VIR/Dawn Observations to Quantify the Large Concentrations of Organic Matter on Ceres

Vinogradoff, V. et al. 2021. MDPI Minerals, 11(7), 719

Lermontov crater on Mercury: Geology, morphology and spectral properties of the coexisting hollows and pyroclastic deposits

Pajola, M. et al. 2021. Planetary and Space Science, 195, 105136

Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu

DellaGiustina, D. N. et al. 2020. Nature Astronomy, online

Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu

Hamilton, V. E. et al. 2019, Nature Astronomy, 3, 332-340

OSIRIS-REx Visible and Near-Infrared Observations of the Moon

Simons, A. et al. 2019, Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (12), 6322-6326