Polymerization on the Rocks: Theoretical Introduction
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Life
- Vol. 28 (3) , 227-234
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006595411403
Abstract
It is difficult if not impossible to synthesize long polymers of amino acids, nucleotides, etc., in homogeneous aqueous solution. We suggest that long polymers were synthesized on the surface of...Keywords
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