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Lopez-Esquivel Kranksith, L.; Negron-Mendoza, A.; Mosqueira, F.G.; Ramos-Bernal, Sergio, E-mail: ramos@nucleares.unam.mx2010
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[en] The purpose of this work is to study the adsorption of compounds such as amino acids on clays and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a possible phase in the chemical evolution that may have occurred on the primitive Earth or in extraterrestrial environments. We further study the behavior of amino acids adsorbed on these solid surfaces at different conditions of pH and levels of irradiation, simulating a high-radiation field at early Earth conditions. The relevance of this work is to explain the possible contribution of solids (clays and CNTs) as promoters of polymerization and as shields for the adsorbed organic compounds against external sources of energy. To this end, tryptophan, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid were adsorbed on fixed amounts of solid surfaces and were irradiated by a 60Co source for different periods of time at fixed dose rates. After irradiation, the amino acids were extracted from the solid and analyzed with UV and IR spectroscopes and high-performance liquid chromatography. The most efficient surface for adsorption of amino acids was clay, followed by CNTs. Studies of the gamma irradiation of amino acids adsorbed on clay (in the solid phase) show a low yield of recovery of the amino acid.
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11. international symposium on radiation physics: Frontiers in radiation physics and applications; Melbourne (Australia); 20-25 Sep 2009; S0168-9002(09)02296-7; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.080; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; ISSN 0168-9002;
; CODEN NIMAER; v. 619(1-3); p. 51-54

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AMINO ACIDS, AROMATICS, AZAARENES, AZOLES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHROMATOGRAPHY, COBALT ISOTOPES, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, ELEMENTS, HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, INDOLES, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, IONIZING RADIATIONS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY, MINERALS, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NANOSTRUCTURES, NONMETALS, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, ORGANIC ACIDS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, PYRROLES, RADIATIONS, RADIOISOTOPES, SEPARATION PROCESSES, SILICATE MINERALS, SORPTION, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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