Energy transduction inside of amphiphilic vesicles: Encapsulation of photochemically active semiconducting particles

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-140

  Summers, David P ^a,d   Noveron, Juan ^b   Basa, Ranor C B ^c  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Foothill College   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Energy transduction; Origin of life; Origin of photosynthesis; Photosynthesis; Protocells; Semiconductors; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; METABOLISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; COLLOIDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 68049085705     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9160-y     Document Type: Article

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