Coacervates as Prebiotic Reactors

Atmospheric aerosols as prebiotic chemical reactors.

Aerosol particles in the atmosphere have recently been found to contain a large number of chemical elements and a high content of organic material. The latter property is explicable by an inverted micelle model. The aerosol sizes with significant atmospheric lifetimes are the same as those of single-celled organisms, and they are predicted by the interplay of aerodynamic drag, surface tension, ...

Resistant Dextrins as Prebiotic

Glucan as Prebiotic or Probiotic?

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Prebiotic Organic Microstructures as Model Protocells

A variety of prebiotic syntheses starting from reduced and gas precursors, or small reactive organic intermediates produce a variety of micron and sub-micron sized organic microstructures, including spheres, filaments and toroids. Many of these structures are hollow, and they display dynamic and reversible self-assembly. We report here some of their physical characteristics that might be compat...

Meteorites as catalysts for prebiotic chemistry.

Meteorite late heavy bombardment was a major event after the accretion of the earth. The relevance of organic syntheses driven by impact shocks was first proposed by Chyba and Sagan in 1992, based on the scanty indications available at the time. How would the contribution by meteorites to an early earth organic pool compare with the syntheses these meteorites might have induced after their impa...