Mars organic detector III: A versatile instrument for detection of bio-organic signatures on mars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4878, Issue , 2002, Pages 59-67

  Skelley, Alison M ^a   Grunthaner, Frank J ^b   Bada, Jeffrey L ^c   Mathies, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid analysis; Mars organic detector; Microfabricated chemical analyzer; Microfabricated pumps; PDMS membrane valves

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; METEORITES; PLANETS;

BIO-ORGANIC SIGNATURES; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; MARS ORGANIC DETECTOR; MICROFABRICATED CHEMICAL ANALYZER; MICROFABRICATED PUMPS;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0345714931     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.520580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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