Spontaneous mirror symmetry breaking in the limited enantioselective autocatalysis model: Abyssal hydrothermal vents as scenario for the emergence of chirality in prebiotic chemistry

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-142

  Ribó, Josep M ^a   Crusats, Joaquim ^a   El Hachemi, Zoubir ^a   Moyano, Albert ^a   Blanco, Celia ^b   Hochberg, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homochirality; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84874387897     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0904     Document Type: Article

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