Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0144
Abstract: Metal complexes of porphyrins and porphyrin-type compounds are ubiquitous in all three domains of life, with hemes and chlorophylls being the best-known examples. Their diagenetic transformation products are found as geoporphyrins, in which the characteristic… read more here.
Keywords: iron; fecl oep; radiation; porphyrin ... See more keywords