Sites of adsorption of adenine, uracil, and their corresponding derivatives on sodium montmorillonite

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-110

  Perezgasga, L ^a,c   Serrato Diaz A ^a   Negron Mendoza A ^a   De Pablo Galan L ^b   Mosqueira, F G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adenine; Channel adsorption; Clays; Edges adsorption; Interlamellar channel; Ionic exchange; Sodium montmorillonite; Uracil

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BENTONITE; URACIL;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MONTMORILLONITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY;

ADENINE; ADSORPTION; BENTONITE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; URACIL;

EID: 20744444760     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-0199-0     Document Type: Article

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