Preservation of homochirality of aspartic acid films irradiated with 8.5 eV vacuum ultraviolet light

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1160-1163

  Izumi, Yudai ^a   Matsui, Takahiro ^a   Koketsu, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Kazumichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartic acid; Chirality; Cosmic dust; Racemization; Solid; Vacuum ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PHOTOLYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHIRALITY; COSMIC DUST; RACEMIZATION; SOLID; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POLARIZATION; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; RACEMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 51249125063     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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