In silico study of the interstellar prebiotic formation and delivery of glycine

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Ugliengo, Piero ^a   Rimola, Albert ^b   Sodupe, Mariona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; B3lyp; D2 defects; Icy particles; Quantum mechanical calculations; Strecker synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; B3LYP; D2 DEFECTS; ICY-PARTICLES; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; STRECKER SYNTHESIS;

DEFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICA; SURFACE DEFECTS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 80051669127     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0122-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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