Surface charges and interfaces: implications for mineral roles in prebiotic chemistry

There exists an extensive literature on the possible roles of minerals in the prebiotic stages of the chemical evolution of life (Bernal 1951, Cairns-Smith 1982, Wächtershäuser 1992, Vieyra et al. 1995, Tessis et al. 1999, see Lahav (1994) for a review). Among the original proposals, minerals have b...

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Main Authors: MILA PONTES-BUARQUE, ANA C. TESSIS, JOSÉ A. P. BONAPACE, MARISA B. M. MONTE, FERNANDO DE SOUZA-BARROS, ADALBERTO VIEYRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2000-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652000000300005