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Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots

The role and importance of nanoparticles for interstellar chemistry and beyond is explored within the framework of The Heterogeneous dust Evolution Model for Interstellar Solids (THEMIS), focusing on their active surface chemistry, the effects of nitrogen doping and the natural selection of interest...

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Autor principal: Jones, A. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160221
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description The role and importance of nanoparticles for interstellar chemistry and beyond is explored within the framework of The Heterogeneous dust Evolution Model for Interstellar Solids (THEMIS), focusing on their active surface chemistry, the effects of nitrogen doping and the natural selection of interesting nanoparticle sub-structures. Nanoparticle-driven chemistry, and in particular the role of intrinsic epoxide-type structures, could provide a viable route to the observed gas phase OH in tenuous interstellar clouds en route to becoming molecular clouds. The aromatic-rich moieties present in asphaltenes probably provide a viable model for the structures present within aromatic-rich interstellar carbonaceous grains. The observed doping of such nanoparticle structures with nitrogen, if also prevalent in interstellar dust, could perhaps have important and observable consequences for surface chemistry and the formation of precursor pre-biotic species.
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spelling pubmed-52106702017-01-12 Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots Jones, A. P. R Soc Open Sci Astronomy The role and importance of nanoparticles for interstellar chemistry and beyond is explored within the framework of The Heterogeneous dust Evolution Model for Interstellar Solids (THEMIS), focusing on their active surface chemistry, the effects of nitrogen doping and the natural selection of interesting nanoparticle sub-structures. Nanoparticle-driven chemistry, and in particular the role of intrinsic epoxide-type structures, could provide a viable route to the observed gas phase OH in tenuous interstellar clouds en route to becoming molecular clouds. The aromatic-rich moieties present in asphaltenes probably provide a viable model for the structures present within aromatic-rich interstellar carbonaceous grains. The observed doping of such nanoparticle structures with nitrogen, if also prevalent in interstellar dust, could perhaps have important and observable consequences for surface chemistry and the formation of precursor pre-biotic species. The Royal Society Publishing 2016-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5210670/ /pubmed/28083088 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160221 Text en © 2016 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title_full Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title_fullStr Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title_full_unstemmed Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title_short Dust evolution, a global view I. Nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
title_sort dust evolution, a global view i. nanoparticles, nascence, nitrogen and natural selection … joining the dots
topic Astronomy
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083088
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