Inside Cover: The Formation and Self‐Assembly of Long Prebiotic Oligomers Produced by the Condensation of Unactivated Amino Acids on Oxide Surfaces (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 18/2014). Issue 18 (2nd April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martra, Gianmario; Deiana, Chiara; Sakhno, Yuriy; Barberis, Ilvis; Fabbiani, Marco; Pazzi, Marco; Vincenti, Marco
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 53:Issue 18(2014)
• Page Start: 4498
• Page End: 4498
• Publication Date: 2014-04-02
• Subjects: amino acids -- catalytic polymerization -- self‐assembly -- silica -- titanium dioxide; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201401130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : The formation of long polypeptides from unactivated glycine adsorbed on SiO2 and TiO2 and the self‐assembly of these polymers into both helical and β‐sheet‐like patches following surface hydration is reported by G. Martra et al. in their Communication onpage 4671 ff. These results shed light on the formation of polymers from small biomolecules under abiotic conditions, thus adding to our understanding of the basis of biochemical complexity and the prebiotic formation of biopolymers.