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Max Bernstein
Papers in professional journals
Bernstein, M. P., Bauschlicher C. W., & Sandford, S. A., (2004) The infrared spectrum of matrix isolated aminoacetonitrile, a precursor to the amino acid glycine Ad. Sp. Res., 33, 40-43. [PDF]
Bernstein, M.P., Ashbourn, S. F. M., Sandford, S.A., and Allamandola, L. J. The Lifetimes of Nitriles (CN) and Acids (COOH) during Ultraviolet Photolysis and their Survival in Space, ApJ 601, 365-370, (2004) [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Moore, M. H., Elsila, J. E., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J. & Zare, R. N. (2003). Side group Addition to the PAH Coronene by proton Irradiation in Cosmic Ice Analogs Astrophys. J., 582, L25-L29. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Elsila, J. E., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J. & Zare, R. N. (2002). Side group Addition to the PAH Coronene by UV Photolysis in Cosmic Ice analogs. Astrophys. J 576, 1115-1120. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., Cooper, G. W., & Allamandola, L. J. (2002). Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues. Nature 416, 401-403. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2001). Ultraviolet Irradiation of Naphthalene in H2O Ice: Implications for Meteorites and Biogenesis. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 36, 351-358. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A.,& Allamandola, L. J. (2000). Molecules from Space and the Origin of Life. In The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos, D. Levi (ed.), (Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. and Scientific American), pp. 265-272.
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (2000). H, C, N, and O Isotopic Substitution Studies of the 2165 cm-1 (4.62 µm) "XCN" Feature Produced by UV Photolysis of Mixed Molecular Ices. Astrophys. J. 542, 894-897. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Dworkin, J. P., Gillette, S. J., & Zare, R. N. (2000). Formation of Prebiotic Molecules in Interstellar and Cometary Ices. In Bioastronomy '99: A new Era in Bioastronomy, eds. G. Lemarchand & K. Meech, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 213, (Sheridan Books: Chelsea, MI), pp. 197-205.
Bernstein, M. P., & Sandford, S. A. (1999). Variations in the Strength of the Infrared Forbidden 2328.2 cm-1 Fundamental of Solid N2 in Binary Mixtures. Spectrochimica Acta A 55, 2455-2466. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P. (1999). Water Ice on Comets and Satellites. In Laboratory Astrophyscis and Space Research, P. Ehrenfreund, H. Kochan, C. Krafft, & V. Pirronello, eds., (Kluwer Acad. Publ.: Dordrecht), pp. 105-120.
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1999). Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials. Scientific American 281, #1, 42-49 (also the cover). [Text]
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., Allamandola, L. J., Gillette, J. S., Clemett, S. J., & Zare, R. N. (1999). UV Irradiation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ices: Production of Alcohols, Quinones, and Ethers. Science 283, 1135-1138. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., & Sandford, S. A. (1997). Complex Organics in Laboratory Simulations of Interstellar/Cometary Ices. In Complex Organics in Space, 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 1996, Birmingham, UK, Advances in Space Research 19, #7, 991-998. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1997). The Infrared Spectra of Nitriles and Related Compounds Frozen in Ar and H2O. Astrophys. J. 476, 932-942. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Sandford, S. A., & Allamandola, L. J. (1996). Hydrogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Hn-PAHs) and the 2940 and 2850 Wavenumber (3.40 and 3.51 Micron) Infrared Emission Features. Astrophys. J. 472, L127-L130. [PDF]
Bernstein, M. P., Allamandola, L. J., Sandford, S. A., & Chang, S. (1996). The Photo Production of Organic Molecules in Cometary and Interstellar Ice Analogs. In Circumstellar Habitable Zones, ed. L. R. Doyle, (Travis House Publ.: Menlo Park, CA), pp. 305-316.
Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., Chang, S., & Scharberg, M.A. (1995). Organic Compounds Produced by Photolysis of Realistic Interstellar and Cometary Ice Analogs Containing Methanol. Astrophys. J. 454, 327-344. [PDF]
Bernstein, M.P., Sandford, S.A., Allamandola, L.J., & Chang, S. (1994). Infrared Spectrum of Matrix-Isolated Hexamethylenetetramine in Ar and H2O at Cryogenic Temperatures. J. Phys. Chem. 98, 12206-12210.
Bernstein, M. P., & Collum, D. B. (1993). Metalation of Imines by Lithium Diisopropylamide Solvation by N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylene diamine: Evidence for Solvent-Free Open Dimer Reactive Intermediates. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 115, 789.
Bernstein, M. P., & Collum, D. B. (1993). Solvent and Substrate-Dependent Rates of Imine Metalations by Lithium Diisopropylamide: Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Krel. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 115, 8008.
Bernstein, M. P., Romesberg, F. E., Fuller, D. J., Harrison, A. T., Collum, D. B., Liu, Q.-Y., & Willard, P. G. (1992). The Structure and Reactivity of Lithium Diisopropylamide in the Presence of N,N,N,'N' Tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA). J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 114, 5100.
Bernstein, M. P., Romesberg, F. E., Fuller, D. J., Harrison, A. T., Collum, D. B., Liu, Q.-Y., & Willard, P. G. (1992). The Structure and Reactivity of Lithium Diisopropylamide in the Presence of N,N,N,'N' Tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA). J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 114, 5100.
Popular Articles
Max P. Bernstein, Scott A. Sandford and Louis J. Allamandola. "Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials Life may owe its start to complex organic molecules manufactured in the icy heart of an interstellar cloud." Scientific American, May 30, 1999.
Max Bernstein. "On the Extraterrestrial Origin of the Species: Molecules from Space and the Origins of Life." Strange Horizons, June 4, 2001.