Degradation of Glycine and Alanine on Irradiated Quartz

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-127

  Pawlikowski, Maciej ^a   Benko, Aleksandra ^a   Wróbel, Tomasz P ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Electric discharge; Free radicals; FTIR ATR; Quartz; UV VIS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; FREE RADICAL; GLYCINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMINO ACID; FREE RADICAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALANINE; FREE RADICALS; GLYCINE; KINETICS; QUARTZ; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84878795217     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-013-9328-3     Document Type: Article

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