CH4/N2/H2-spark hydrophobic tholins: A systematic approach to the characterisation of tholins. Part II

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 672-680

  Ruiz Bermejo, Marta ^a   Menor Salván, César ^a   de la Fuente, José Luis ^b   Mateo Martí, Eva ^a   Osuna Esteban, Susana ^a   Martín Gago, José Ángel ^a,c   Veintemillas Verdaguer, Sabino ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organic chemistry; Prebiotic chemistry; Prebiotic environments; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350619723     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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