SuperCam calibration targets: design and development

JA Manrique, G Lopez-Reyes, A Cousin, F Rull… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
SuperCam is a highly integrated remote-sensing instrumental suite for NASA's Mars 2020
mission. It consists of a co-aligned combination of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy …

Electrochemical DNA biosensors: A review

B Rafique, M Iqbal, T Mehmood, MA Shaheen - Sensor Review, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This review aims to focus on recent reported research work on the construction and
function of different electrochemical DNA biosensors. It also describes different sensing …

UV irradiation of biomarkers adsorbed on minerals under Martian-like conditions: Hints for life detection on Mars

T Fornaro, A Boosman, JR Brucato, IL ten Kate… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Laboratory simulations of Martian conditions are essential to develop quantitative models for
the survival of organic biomarkers for future Mars exploration missions. In this work, we …

On the formation of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium: untangling the chemical complexity of carbon monoxide–hydrocarbon containing ice …

MJ Abplanalp, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, over 200 molecules have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM), with
about one third being complex organic molecules (COMs), molecules containing six or more …

Catalytic/protective properties of martian minerals and implications for possible origin of life on Mars

T Fornaro, A Steele, JR Brucato - Life, 2018 - mdpi.com
Minerals might have played critical roles for the origin and evolution of possible life forms on
Mars. The study of the interactions between the “building blocks of life” and minerals …

On the formation and the isomer specific detection of methylacetylene (CH 3 CCH), propene (CH 3 CHCH 2), cyclopropane (cC 3 H 6), vinylacetylene (CH 2 CHCCH) …

MJ Abplanalp, S Góbi, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Pure methane (CH4) ices processed by energetic electrons under ultra-high vacuum
conditions to simulate secondary electrons formed via galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) …

Untangling the methane chemistry in interstellar and solar system ices toward ionizing radiation: a combined infrared and reflectron time-of-flight analysis

MJ Abplanalp, BM Jones, RI Kaiser - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Pure methane (CH4/CD4) ices were exposed to three ionizing radiation sources at 5.5 K
under ultrahigh vacuum conditions to compare the complex hydrocarbon spectrum …

Implications for extraterrestrial hydrocarbon chemistry: Analysis of acetylene (C2H2) and D2-acetylene (C2D2) ices exposed to ionizing radiation via ultraviolet–visible …

MJ Abplanalp, RI Kaiser - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The processing of the simple hydrocarbon ice, acetylene (C 2 H 2/C 2 D 2), via energetic
electrons, thus simulating the processes in the track of galactic cosmic-ray particles …

Organic records of early life on Mars: the role of iron, burial, and kinetics on preservation

J Tan, MA Sephton - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Samples that are likely to contain evidence of past life on Mars must have been deposited
when and where environments exhibited habitable conditions. Mars analog sites provide the …

Radiolysis of NH3:CO ice mixtures – implications for Solar system and interstellar ices

ALF De Barros, A Bergantini… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Experimental results on the processing of NH3: CO ice mixtures of astrophysical relevance
by energetic (538 MeV 64Ni24+) projectiles are presented. NH3 and CO are two molecules …