Identification of primary amines in Titan tholins using microchip nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 403, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-107

  Cable, M L ^a   Horst S M ^b   He, C ^c   Stockton, A M ^a   Mora, M F ^a   Tolbert, M A ^b   Smith, M A ^c   Willis, P A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethylamine; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Titan

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHAINS; ETHANOL; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MOON;

ETHYLAMINE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP ANALYSIS; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NON-AQUEOUS CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; TITAN;

MICROFLUIDICS;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; ETHANOL; FLUORESCENCE; TITAN;

EID: 84904256555     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.028     Document Type: Article

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