Surface charges and interfaces: Implications for mineral roles in prebiotic chemistry

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-322

  Pontes Buarque, Mila ^a   Tessis, Ana C ^b   Bonapace, José A P ^b   Monte, Marisa B M ^b   De Souza Barros, Fernando ^a   Vieyra, Adalberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mineral interfaces; Prebiotic reactions; Surface reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000568045     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652000000300005     Document Type: Article

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