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  1. Catalytic non-energetic formation of diverse peptides on cosmic dust under extraterrestrial conditions

    Article • Communications Chemistry, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  2. Molecule-specific diffusion and desorption of interstellar ices on carbonaceous dust

    Article • EAS Publications Series, August 2026, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  3. Quantifying the temperature-dependent yields of N 2 and N 2 H 4 formation in vacuum-ultraviolet-irr...

    Article • EAS Publications Series, August 2026, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  4. Broadband UV–Visible Refractive Index Measurements for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  5. Electron Irradiation of H2O Ice on Amorphous Carbon Films: Temperature Dependence and Interfacial CO2 Formation Pathways

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  6. Formation of sulfur-bearing complex organic molecules in interstellar ice analogues via UV photochemistry of CH3SH

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  7. IR Irradiation on Interstellar H2O Icy Silicate Grains: from Dust Vibrational Excitation to Ice Structural Change 

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  8. Extreme-ultraviolet Photochemistry in Water-covered Carbonaceous Dust Analogs: Effects of Dust Thickness and Hydrogen Content

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, June 2026, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  9. UV irradiation of ethanol-containing interstellar ice analogs

    Article • EAS Publications Series, April 2026, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  10. Experimental investigation of O 2 diffusion and entrapment in interstellar amorphous solid water

    Article • EAS Publications Series, March 2026, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  11. In situ characterization of volatile and refractory hydrocarbons produced by UV photolysis of interstellar C 2 H 2 ice

    Article • EAS Publications Series, January 2026, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  12. The photochemistry of irradiated Enceladus ice analogues: Implications for the formation of ozone and carbon trioxide

    Article • Icarus, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  13. Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space

    Article • Zeitschrift für Physik D, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sandra Brünken, Dr Farid Salama, Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  14. Laboratory Infrared Spectra and Band Strengths of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) in CH3OH- and CO-Rich Ice Mixtures for Analyzing Interstellar Ice Observations

    Article • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  15. Ozone in Planetary Ices: Solid-State Detection under Enceladus-like conditions

    Article • July 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  16. Ammonium hydrosulfide (NH4SH) as a potentially significant sulfur sink in interstellar ices

    Article • EAS Publications Series, January 2025, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  17. Production of linear alkanes via the solid-state hydrogenation of interstellar polyynes

    Article • EAS Publications Series, January 2025, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  18. Formation of carbonyl sulfide (OCS) via SH radicals in interstellar CO-rich ice under dense cloud conditions

    Article • EAS Publications Series, September 2024, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  19. Formation of S-Bearing Complex Organic Molecules in Interstellar Clouds via Ice Reactions with C2H2, HS, and Atomic H

    Article • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, July 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  20. Formation of N–bearing complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: Ketenimine, acetonitrile, acetaldimine, and vinylamine via the UV photolysis of C2H2 ice

    Article • EAS Publications Series, June 2024, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  21. A deep search for large complex organic species toward IRAS16293-2422 B at 3 mm with ALMA

    Article • EAS Publications Series, May 2024, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  22. Pulsed ion deflection to overcome detector saturation in cryogenic ice sampling

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, February 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang, Pranjal Samarth

  23. Spatially resolving the volatile sulfur abundance in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disk

    Article • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  24. Interstellar Carbonaceous Dust Erosion Induced by X-Ray Irradiation of Water Ice in Star-forming Regions

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, October 2023, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  25. Interaction of H2S with H atoms on grain surfaces under molecular cloud conditions

    Article • EAS Publications Series, October 2023, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  26. CoCCoA: Complex Chemistry in hot Cores with ALMA

    Article • EAS Publications Series, October 2023, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  27. The hunt for formamide in interstellar ices

    Article • EAS Publications Series, August 2023, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  28. Resonant infrared irradiation of CO and CH3OH interstellar ices

    Article • EAS Publications Series, April 2023, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  29. Condensation of Atomic Carbon: Routes Towards Organics

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  30. Formation of Complex Molecules in the Translucent Phase via “non-energetic” Processing on C$$_\textbf{2}$$H$$_\textbf{2}$$ Ice

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  31. ­Laboratory studies of irradiated Enceladus ice analogues

    Article • September 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  32. Formation of the Simplest Amide in Molecular Clouds: Formamide (NH2CHO) and Its Derivatives in H2O-rich and CO-rich Interstellar Ice Analogs upon VUV Irradiation

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, July 2022, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  33. First Experimental Confirmation of the CH3O + H2CO → CH3OH + HCO Reaction: Expanding the CH3OH Formation Mechanism in Interstellar Ices

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal Letters, June 2022, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  34. Methoxymethanol formation starting from CO hydrogenation

    Article • EAS Publications Series, March 2022, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  35. Methane Formation in Cold Regions from Carbon Atoms and Molecular Hydrogen

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, March 2022, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  36. A pathway to peptides in space through the condensation of atomic carbon

    Article • Nature Astronomy, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  37. Hydrogenation of Accreting C Atoms and CO Molecules–Simulating Ketene and Acetaldehyde Formation Under Dark and Translucent Cloud Conditions

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, January 2022, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  38. Quantification of O2 formation during UV photolysis of water ice: H2O and H2O:CO2 ices

    Article • EAS Publications Series, January 2022, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  39. Formation of complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via the “energetic” processing of C2H2 ice

    Article • EAS Publications Series, June 2021, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  40. A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium

    Article • Nature Astronomy, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  41. A cryogenic ice setup to simulate carbon atom reactions in interstellar ices

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, May 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  42. An experimental study of the surface formation of methane in interstellar molecular clouds

    Article • Nature Astronomy, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  43. Formation of complex molecules in translucent clouds: acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via “nonenergetic” processing of C2H2 ice

    Article • EAS Publications Series, March 2020, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  44. Searches for Interstellar HCCSH and H2CCS

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, October 2019, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  45. Formation of interstellar propanal and 1-propanol ice: a pathway involving solid-state CO hydrogenation

    Article • EAS Publications Series, June 2019, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  46. Extension of the HCOOH and CO2 solid-state reaction network during the CO freeze-out stage: inclusion of H2CO

    Article • EAS Publications Series, June 2019, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  47. Alcohols on the Rocks: Solid-State Formation in a H3CC≡CH + OH Cocktail under Dark Cloud Conditions

    Article • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  48. H2 photochemistry in interstellar ices:The formation of HCO in UV irradiated CO:H2 ice mixtures

    Article • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, April 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  49. Synthesis of solid-state complex organic molecules through accretion of simple species at low temperatures

    Article • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, April 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  50. H2 chemistry in interstellar ices: the case of CO ice hydrogenation in UV irradiated CO:H2 ice mixtures

    Article • EAS Publications Series, September 2018, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  51. Formation of interstellar methanol ice prior to the heavy CO freeze-out stage

    Article • EAS Publications Series, April 2018, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  52. Reactive Desorption of CO Hydrogenation Products under Cold Pre-stellar Core Conditions

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, January 2018, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  53. Formation of Glycerol through Hydrogenation of CO Ice under Prestellar Core Conditions

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, June 2017, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  54. Solid-state production of complex organic molecules: H-atom addition versus UV irradiation

    Article • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  55. Production of complex organic molecules:H-atom addition versus UV irradiation

    Article • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  56. Simultaneous hydrogenation and UV-photolysis experiments of NO in CO-rich interstellar ice analogues; linking HNCO, OCN−, NH2CHO, and NH2OH

    Article • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, May 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  57. CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF A CO ICE INDUCED BY SOFT X-RAYS

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, February 2016, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  58. Controlling the emission profile of an H2discharge lamp to simulate interstellar radiation fields

    Article • EAS Publications Series, November 2015, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  59. H-atom addition and abstraction reactions in mixed CO, H2CO and CH3OH ices – an extended view on complex organic molecule formation

    Article • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  60. FORMATION OF S-BEARING SPECIES BY VUV/EUV IRRADIATION OF H2S-CONTAINING ICE MIXTURES: PHOTON ENERGY AND CARBON SOURCE EFFECTS

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, December 2014, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  61. Relevance of the H2 + O reaction pathway for the surface formation of interstellar water

    Article • EAS Publications Series, October 2014, EDP Sciences

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  62. VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT OF A MICROWAVE-DISCHARGE HYDROGEN-FLOW LAMP IN SEVERAL CONFIGURATIONS: APPLICATION TO PHOTODESORPTION OF CO ICE

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, December 2013, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang

  63. SOFT X-RAY IRRADIATION OF METHANOL ICE: FORMATION OF PRODUCTS AS A FUNCTION OF PHOTON ENERGY

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, November 2013, American Astronomical Society

    Dr. Ko-Ju Chuang