Scanning tunnelling microscopy and molecular modelling of xanthine monolayers self-assembled at the solid-liquid interface: Relevance to the origin of life

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 597-614

  Sowerby, Stephen J ^a   Petersen, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; MONOLAYER; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE; XANTHINE;

ORIGIN OF LIFE; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

BIOGENESIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; XANTHINE;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0033403116     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006619915681     Document Type: Article

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