New insights into the structure and chemistry of Titan's tholins via 13C and 15N solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 844-853

  Derenne, S ^a   Coelho, C ^b   Anquetil, C ^a   Szopa, C ^c   Rahman, A S ^d   McMillan, P F ^d   Cora F ^d   Pickard, C J ^d   Quirico, E ^e   Bonhomme, C ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Cosmochemistry; Exobiology; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865103759     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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