Robin J. Shannon

TL;DR: It is shown that, despite the presence of a barrier, the rate coefficient for the reaction between the hydroxyl radical (OH) and methanol--one of the most abundant organic molecules in space--is almost two orders of magnitude larger at 63 K than previously measured at ∼200 K.

TL;DR: The temperature and pressure dependence of the experimental rate coefficients are rationalised for both reactions by the formation and subsequent stabilisation of a hydrogen bonded complex, with a non-zero rate coefficient extrapolated to zero pressure supportive of quantum mechanical tunnelling on the timescale of the experiments leading to products.

TL;DR: Various efforts to extend immersive technologies to the molecular sciences are outlined, and "Narupa," a flexible, open-source, multiperson iMD-VR software framework which enables groups of researchers to simultaneously cohabit real-time simulation environments to interactively visualize and manipulate the dynamics of molecular structures with atomic-level precision is introduced.

TL;DR: The rate coefficients for reactions of OH with acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and dimethyl ether (DME) have been measured in the temperature range 86-112 K using a pulsed Laval nozzle apparatus and large increases in k at lower temperatures were observed.

TL;DR: In this article, the rate constants for the C(3P) + CH3OH reaction have been measured in a continuous supersonic flow reactor over the range 50 K ≤ T ≤ 296 K.