Frank Pignatale
The goal of my Ph.D is to improve the knowledge of the physical chemistry in protoplanetary disks with the study of the behaviour of solids phases that characterize the chemical composition of the first grains formed in the early stages of the protoplanetary disk life. The definition of the thermodynamical properties of these compounds, together with their chemical paths, is important in better understanding the formation of our solar system, as well as the observational evidence from protoplanetary disks, and can provide clues on the possible bulk composition of the exoplanets that have formed in widely different environments.
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