Adsorption of Adenine and Thymine on Zeolites: FT-IR and EPR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry and SEM Studies

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Baú, João Paulo T ^a   Carneiro, Cristine E A ^a   de Souza Junior, Ivan G ^b   de Souza, Cláudio M D ^a   da Costa, Antonio C S ^b   di Mauro, Eduardo ^a   Zaia, Cássia T B V ^a   Coronas, Joaquin ^c   Casado, Clara ^c   de Santana, Henrique ^a   Zaia, Dimas A M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenine; Adsorption; Prebiotic chemistry; Thymine; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; SEA WATER; THYMINE; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADENINE; ADSORPTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SEAWATER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THYMINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84861345824     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9246-1     Document Type: Article

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