TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-linked hetero aromatic polymers in interstellar dust
AU - Wickramasinghe, N. C.
AU - Wickramasinghe, D. T.
AU - Hoyle, F.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The discovery of cross-linked hetero-aromatic polymers in interstellar dust by instruments aboard the Stardust spacecraft would confirm the validity of the biological grain model that was suggested from spectroscopic studies over 20 years ago. Such structures could represent fragments of cell walls that survive 30 km s-1 impacts onto detector surfaces.
AB - The discovery of cross-linked hetero-aromatic polymers in interstellar dust by instruments aboard the Stardust spacecraft would confirm the validity of the biological grain model that was suggested from spectroscopic studies over 20 years ago. Such structures could represent fragments of cell walls that survive 30 km s-1 impacts onto detector surfaces.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035582057&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1002777709907
DO - 10.1023/A:1002777709907
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-640X
VL - 275
SP - 181
EP - 184
JO - Astrophysics and Space Science
JF - Astrophysics and Space Science
IS - 3
ER -