Homochirality and the need for energy

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-110

  Plasson, Raphaël ^a   Brandenburg, Axel ^a,b  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergence of homochirality; Energy; Entropy; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Symmetry breaking; System chemistry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLUX; ENTROPY; KINETICS; NONLINEARITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; MICROCLIMATE; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949370076     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9181-6     Document Type: Article

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