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Title: Prebiotic dimer and trimer peptide formation in gas-phase atmospheric nanoclusters of water
Insight into the origin of prebiotic molecules is key to our understanding of how living systems evolved into the complex network of biological processes on Earth.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2320718
PAR ID:
10536838
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Publisher / Repository:
RSC
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume:
25
Issue:
41
ISSN:
1463-9076
Page Range / eLocation ID:
28517 to 28532
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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