Ab initio calculations of scytonemin derivatives of relevance to extremophile characterization by Raman spectroscopy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3193-3203

  Varnali, Tereza ^a   Edwards, Howell G M ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dimethoxyscytonemin; Raman spectroscopy; Scytonemin; Tetramethoxyscytonemin; UV radiation protectant

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MOLECULES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; DIMETHOXYSCYTONEMIN; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION BANDS; EXOMARS MISSION; EXTREMOPHILES; MARTIAN REGOLITH; METHOXY; METHOXY GROUP; MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS; PARENT MOLECULES; PLANETARY SURFACES; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; UV RADIATION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCYTONEMIN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOLES; MARS; PHENOLS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77955198044     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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