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Scopus Author ID: 57221683770

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Astrochemistry, Molecular Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry, Tree-Ring Research

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United Kingdom, Hungary, Malta

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Employment (3)

HUN-REN Atommagkutató Intézet: Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, HU

2023-04 to present | Tudományos Munkatárs (Scientific Research Associate) (Experimental Molecular Physics Research Laboratory)
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Duncan Vincent Mifsud

University of St Andrews: St Andrews, GB

2024-05 to 2024-08 | Research Fellow (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Duncan Vincent Mifsud

University of Kent: Canterbury, Kent, GB

2020-01 to 2023-03 | PhD Researcher (Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science)
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Duncan Vincent Mifsud

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Kent: Canterbury, Kent, GB

2020-01 to 2023-03 | PhD Physics - Astrochemistry and Molecular Astrophysics (Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science)
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Duncan Vincent Mifsud

University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Fife, GB

2018-08 to 2019-09 | MSc Planetary Geochemistry (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Duncan Vincent Mifsud

University of Malta: Msida, Northern Harbour District, MT

2014-09 to 2018-06 | BSc (Hons) Chemistry (Department of Chemistry)
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Works (23)

Chemistry on interstellar dust grains

Astrochemical Modeling
2024 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-32-391746-9.00011-0
Part of ISBN: 9780323917469
Contributors: Christopher N. Shingledecker; Stefan Vogt-Geisse; Duncan V. Mifsud; Sergio Ioppolo
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A systematic mid-infrared spectroscopic study of thermally processed H2S ices

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124567
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Péter Herczku; Ragav Ramachandran; Pavithraa Sundararajan; K.K. Rahul; Sándor T.S. Kovács; Béla Sulik; Zoltán Juhász; Richárd Rácz; Sándor Biri et al.
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AQUILA: A laboratory facility for the irradiation of astrochemical ice analogs by keV ions

Review of Scientific Instruments
2024-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/5.0207967
Contributors: R. Rácz; S. T. S. Kovács; G. Lakatos; K. K. Rahul; D. V. Mifsud; P. Herczku; B. Sulik; Z. Juhász; Z. Perduk; S. Ioppolo et al.
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Sulphur ion implantation into O2, CO, and CO2 ices: Implications for the formation of sulphur-bearing molecules in the Kuiper Belt

Icarus
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115926
Part of ISSN: 0019-1035
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Péter Herczku; Zoltán Juhász; Sándor T.S. Kovács; Gergő Lakatos; K.K. Rahul; Richárd Rácz; Béla Sulik; Sándor Biri et al.
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Ultraviolet spectrum reveals the presence of ozone on Jupiter's moon Callisto

Icarus
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115896
Part of ISSN: 0019-1035
Contributors: R. Ramachandran; J.K. Meka; K.K. Rahul; W. Khan; J.-I. Lo; B.-M. Cheng; D.V. Mifsud; B.N. Rajasekhar; A. Das; H. Hill et al.
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A systematic mid-infrared spectroscopic study of thermally processed SO2 ices

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CP03196A
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Péter Herczku; K. K. Rahul; Ragav Ramachandran; Pavithraa Sundararajan; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Béla Sulik; Zoltán Juhász; Richárd Rácz; Sándor Biri et al.
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Infrared Spectral Signatures of Nucleobases in Interstellar Ices I: Purines

Life
2023-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/life13112208
Contributors: Caroline Antunes Rosa; Bergantini, A.; Péter Herczku; Duncan Vincent Mifsud; Gergő Lakatos; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Béla Sulik; Zoltán Juhász; Sergio Ioppolo; Heidy M. Quitián-Lara et al.
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Bombardment of CO Ice by Cosmic Rays. I. Experimental Insights into the Microphysics of Molecule Destruction and Sputtering

The Astrophysical Journal
2023-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acb545
Contributors: Alexei V. Ivlev; Barbara M. Giuliano; Zoltán Juhász; Péter Herczku; Béla Sulik; Duncan V. Mifsud; Sándor T. S. Kovács; K. K. Rahul; Richárd Rácz; Sándor Biri et al.
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Proton and Electron Irradiations of CH4:H2O Mixed Ices

Atoms
2023-01-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/atoms11020019
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Péter Herczku; Béla Sulik; Zoltán Juhász; István Vajda; István Rajta; Sergio Ioppolo; Nigel J. Mason; Giovanni Strazzulla; Zuzana Kaňuchová
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Molecular-rotation-induced splitting of the binary ridge in the velocity map of sub-eV H+ ions ejected from H2 molecules by ion impact

Physical Review A
2023-01-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.107.L010801
Contributors: Z. Juhász; S. T. S. Kovács; V. Vizcaïno; P. Herczku; S. Demes; R. Rácz; B. Sulik; S. Biri; N. Sens; D. V. Mifsud et al.
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Comparative electron irradiations of amorphous and crystalline astrophysical ice analogues

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00886F
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Perry A. Hailey; Péter Herczku; Béla Sulik; Zoltán Juhász; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Sergio Ioppolo; Robert W. McCullough; Béla Paripás et al.
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Ozone production in electron irradiated CO2:O2 ices

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP01535H
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Sergio Ioppolo; Péter Herczku; Alejandra Traspas Muiña; Béla Sulik; K. K. Rahul; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Perry A. Hailey; Robert W. McCullough et al.
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VUV photoabsorption of thermally processed carbon disulfide and ammonia ice mixtures – Implications for icy objects in the solar system

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121645
Part of ISSN: 1386-1425
Contributors: S. Pavithraa; R. Ramachandran; D.V. Mifsud; J.K. Meka; J.I. Lo; S.L. Chou; Bing-Ming Cheng; B.N. Rajasekhar; Anil Bhardwaj; N.J. Mason et al.
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Sulfur Ion Implantations Into Condensed CO2: Implications for Europa

Geophysical Research Letters
2022-12-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100698
Contributors: D. V. Mifsud; Z. Kaňuchová; P. Herczku; Z. Juhász; S. T. S. Kovács; G. Lakatos; K. K. Rahul; R. Rácz; B. Sulik; S. Biri et al.
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Energetic electron irradiations of amorphous and crystalline sulphur-bearing astrochemical ices

Frontiers in Chemistry
2022-09-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1003163
Part of ISSN: 2296-2646
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Péter Herczku; Richárd Rácz; K. K. Rahul; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Zoltán Juhász; Béla Sulik; Sándor Biri; Robert W. McCullough; Zuzana Kaňuchová et al.
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Laboratory experiments on the radiation astrochemistry of water ice phases

The European Physical Journal D
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00416-4
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Perry A. Hailey; Péter Herczku; Zoltán Juhász; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Béla Sulik; Sergio Ioppolo; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Robert W. McCullough; Béla Paripás et al.
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Mid-IR and VUV spectroscopic characterisation of thermally processed and electron irradiated CO2 astrophysical ice analogues

Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2022.111599
Contributors: D.V. Mifsud; Z. Kaňuchová; S. Ioppolo; P. Herczku; A. Traspas Muiña; T.A. Field; P.A. Hailey; Z. Juhász; S.T.S. Kovács; N.J. Mason et al.
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Systems Astrochemistry: A New Doctrine for Experimental Studies

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
2021-12-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2021.739046
Part of ISSN: 2296-987X
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The Role of Terahertz and Far-IR Spectroscopy in Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Interstellar Prebiotic Molecules

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
2021-11-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2021.757619
Part of ISSN: 2296-987X
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The Ice Chamber for Astrophysics–Astrochemistry (ICA): A new experimental facility for ion impact studies of astrophysical ice analogs

Review of Scientific Instruments
2021-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/5.0050930
Contributors: Péter Herczku; Duncan V. Mifsud; Sergio Ioppolo; Zoltán Juhász; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Alejandra Traspas Muiña; Perry A. Hailey; István Rajta; István Vajda et al.
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Electron irradiation and thermal chemistry studies of interstellar and planetary ice analogues at the ICA astrochemistry facility

The European Physical Journal D
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00192-7
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Zoltán Juhász; Péter Herczku; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Sergio Ioppolo; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Máté Czentye; Perry A. Hailey; Alejandra Traspas Muiña; Nigel J. Mason et al.
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A preliminary study into the use of tree-ring and foliar geochemistry as bio-indicators for vehicular NOx pollution in Malta

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
2021-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2021.1902319
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Eva E. Stüeken; Rob J. S. Wilson
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Sulfur Ice Astrochemistry: A Review of Laboratory Studies

Space Science Reviews
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-021-00792-0
Contributors: Duncan V. Mifsud; Zuzana Kaňuchová; Péter Herczku; Sergio Ioppolo; Zoltán Juhász; Sándor T. S. Kovács; Nigel J. Mason; Robert W. McCullough; Béla Sulik
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Peer review (5 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

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