Quantum-chemical modeling of interstellar grain prebiotic chemistry: Catalytic synthesis of glycine and alanine on the surface of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon flake

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 601, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Mendoza, C ^a   Ruette, F ^a   Martorell, G ^a   Rodriguez L S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Astrochemistry; Dust, extinction; ISM: molecules; Molecular processes

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EID: 1642602591     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381800     Document Type: Article

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