Chemical characterization of titan's tholins: Solubility, morphology and molecular structure revisited

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 113, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 11195-11203

  Carrasco, N ^a   Schmitz Afonso, I ^b   Bonnet, J Y ^c   Quirico, E ^c   Thissen, R ^c   Dutuit, Odile ^c   Bagag, A ^b   Laprevote O ^a   Buch, A ^d   Giulani, A ^e,f   Adandé, Gilles ^a   Ouni, F ^a   Hadamcik, E ^a   Szopa, C ^a   Cernogora, G ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC GROUPS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTO IONIZATION; BULK MATERIALS; CAPACITIVELY COUPLED PLASMAS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; COMPLEX MIXTURE; GASEOUS MIXTURE; IONIC FRAGMENTS; IR SPECTRUM; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MASS SPECTRA; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NEW PROTOCOL; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PLASMA DISCHARGE; RADIO FREQUENCY DISCHARGES; REGULAR PATTERNS; SOLID STRUCTURES; SOLUBILITY STUDIES; SOLUBLE FRACTION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SURFACE FEATURE; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AMINES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYANIDES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANATION; METHANE; METHANOL; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

METHANE; METHANOL; NITROGEN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY;

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANE; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SATURN; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 70350137095     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp904735q     Document Type: Article

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