Clays and the Origin of Life: The Experiments

Amino acid abundances and compositions in iron and stony‐iron meteorites

(2021) Jamie E. Elsila et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Synthesis and characterization of Fe(III)-Fe(II)-Mg-Al smectite solid solutions and implications for planetary science

(2021) Valerie K. Fox et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Merging Perspectives on Secondary Minerals on Mars: A Review of Ancient Water-Rock Interactions in Gale Crater Inferred from Orbital and In-Situ Observations

(2021) Rachel Y. Sheppard et al.   Minerals

Intense subaerial weathering of eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars

(2021) Jiacheng Liu et al.   Science Advances

Long-lasting habitable periods in Gale crater constrained by glauconitic clays

(2021) Elisabeth Losa-Adams et al.   Nature Astronomy

In situ produced hydrogen peroxide by biosynthesized Palladium nanoparticles and natural clay mineral for Highly-efficient Carbamazepine degradation

(2021) Jiaxin Shi et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Synthetic Fe-rich nontronite as a novel activator of bisulfite for the efficient removal of tetracycline

(2021) Zixuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Heating of carbonaceous materials: Insights into the effects of thermal metamorphism on spectral properties of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroids

(2021) Achen Duan et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Thiophenes on Mars: Biotic or Abiotic Origin?

(2020) Jacob Heinz et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Prebiotic Syntheses of Noncanonical Nucleosides and Nucleotides

(2020) David M. Fialho et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanism of Saponite Crystallization from a Rapidly Formed Amorphous Intermediate

(2020) Rogier Besselink et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Ni Supported on Natural Clays as a Catalyst for the Transformation of Levulinic Acid into γ-Valerolactone without the Addition of Molecular Hydrogen

(2020) Adrián García et al.   Energies

Impact of Phyllosilicates on Amino Acid Formation under Asteroidal Conditions

(2020) V. Vinogradoff et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Constraining the preservation of organic compounds in Mars analog nontronites after exposure to acid and alkaline fluids

(2020) Carolina Gil-Lozano et al.   Scientific Reports

Urea-Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Saponite with Different Octahedral (Mg, Zn, Ni, Co) and Tetrahedral Metals (Al, Ga, B), a Review

(2020) Concepcion P. Ponce et al.   Life-Basel

Extraterrestrial hexamethylenetetramine in meteorites—a precursor of prebiotic chemistry in the inner solar system

(2020) Yasuhiro Oba et al.   Nature Communications

New insights into the heterogeneity of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Soluble organic compositions of variously altered specimens

(2019) Danielle N. Simkus et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars Meteorite

(2019) Elizabeth A. Jaramillo et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Organic Synthesis using Environmentally Benign Acid Catalysis

(2019) Anne Kokel et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteorites

(2019) Yoshihiro Furukawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Halloysite-Catalyzed Esterification of Bio-Mass Derived Acids

(2019) Jumanah Hamdi et al.   ACS Omega

First Detections of Dichlorobenzene Isomers and Trichloromethylpropane from Organic Matter Indigenous to Mars Mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars: Results from the Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Onboard the Curiosity Rover

(2019) Cyril Szopa et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Radiolysis of Macromolecular Organic Material in Mars‐Relevant Mineral Matrices

(2019) A. C. Fox et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Detecting Nonvolatile Life- and Nonlife-Derived Organics in a Carbonaceous Chondrite Analogue with a New Multiplex Immunoassay and Its Relevance for Planetary Exploration

(2018) Mercedes Moreno-Paz et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Hydrothermal evolution of the morphology, molecular composition, and distribution of organic matter in CR (Renazzo-type) chondrites

(2018) Hitesh G. Changela et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

NASA Curiosity rover hits organic pay dirt on Mars

(2018) Paul Voosen   SCIENCE

Identification of Chlorobenzene in the Viking Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer Data Sets: Reanalysis of Viking Mission Data Consistent With Aromatic Organic Compounds on Mars

(2018) Melissa Guzman et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars

(2018) Thomas F. Bristow et al.   Science Advances

Brønsted and Lewis Solid Acid Catalysts in the Valorization of Citronellal

(2018) Federica Zaccheria et al.   Catalysts

Paris vs. Murchison: Impact of hydrothermal alteration on organic matter in CM chondrites

(2017) V. Vinogradoff et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Anoxic atmospheres on Mars driven by volcanism: Implications for past environments and life

(2017) Steven F. Sholes et al.   ICARUS

Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites: the Chronicle of a Potential Evolutionary Path between Stars and Life

(2017) Sandra Pizzarello et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

A DFT study of the adsorption of glycine in the interlayer space of montmorillonite

(2017) Elizabeth Escamilla-Roa et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

(2017) B. Sutter et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Molecular Evolution of N-Containing Cyclic Compounds in the Parent Body of the Murchison Meteorite

(2017) Hiroshi Naraoka et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Catalyzed Synthesis of Zinc Clays by Prebiotic Central Metabolites

(2017) Ruixin Zhou et al.   Scientific Reports

The Case for Extant Life on Mars and Its Possible Detection by the Viking Labeled Release Experiment

(2016) Gilbert V. Levin et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Influence of Aqueous Si and Fe Speciation on Tetrahedral Fe(III) Substitutions in Nontronites: a Clay Synthesis Approach

(2016) Fabien Baron et al.   CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS

Enantiomeric excesses of chiral amines in ammonia-rich carbonaceous meteorites

(2016) Sandra Pizzarello et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Smectite deposits in Marathon Valley, Endeavour Crater, Mars, identified using CRISM hyperspectral reflectance data

(2016) V. K. Fox et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Reflectance spectroscopy (0.35–8 μm) of ammonium-bearing minerals and qualitative comparison to Ceres-like asteroids

(2016) Breanne L. Berg et al.   ICARUS

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

(2016) Andrew Steele et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

(2016) Nicolas Fray et al.   NATURE

Esterification of fatty acids using acid-activated Brazilian smectite natural clay as a catalyst

(2016) Michelle J.C. Rezende et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Distribution of phyllosilicates on the surface of Ceres

(2016) E. Ammannito et al.   SCIENCE

Potential precursor compounds for chlorohydrocarbons detected in Gale Crater, Mars, by the SAM instrument suite on the Curiosity Rover

(2016) Kristen E. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

In Situ Detection of Organics in the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

(2016) Alexandre Bergantini et al.   Chem

The origin and implications of clay minerals from Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

(2015) T. F. Bristow et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Hydrothermal synthesis of dioctahedral smectites: The Al–Fe3+ chemical series. Part II: Crystal-chemistry

(2015) S. Petit et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Effect of Nontronite Smectite Clay on the Chemical Evolution of Several Organic Molecules under Simulated Martian Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Conditions

(2015) Olivier Poch et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Clay catalyzed RNA synthesis under Martian conditions: Application for Mars return samples

(2015) Prakash C. Joshi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Constraints on the crystal-chemistry of Fe/Mg-rich smectitic clays on Mars and links to global alteration trends

(2015) Joseph R. Michalski et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Widespread surface weathering on early Mars: A case for a warmer and wetter climate

(2015) John Carter et al.   ICARUS

Enantiomere auf Mars, Monden und Kometen

(2015) Volker Schurig   NACHRICHTEN AUS DER CHEMIE

Mars rover finds long-chain organic compounds

(2015) E. Hand   SCIENCE

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

(2015) J. P. Grotzinger et al.   SCIENCE

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

(2015) C. Freissinet et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Synthesis and structural characterization of ferrous trioctahedral smectites: Implications for clay mineral genesis and detectability on Mars

(2015) Steven M. Chemtob et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Mineralogy of the Martian Surface

(2014) Bethany L. Ehlmann et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

A Conspicuous Clay Ovoid in Nakhla: Evidence for Subsurface Hydrothermal Alteration on Mars with Implications for Astrobiology

(2014) Elias Chatzitheodoridis et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Catalytic amide formation from non-activated carboxylic acids and amines

(2014) Helena Lundberg et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

The Fe-Mg-saponite solid solution series – a hydrothermal synthesis study

(2014) A. Baldermann et al.   CLAY MINERALS

Fresh exposures of hydrous Fe-bearing amorphous silicates on Mars

(2014) Catherine M. Weitz et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Laboratory insights into the chemical and kinetic evolution of several organic molecules under simulated Mars surface UV radiation conditions

(2014) O. Poch et al.   ICARUS

Selectivities in Adsorption and Peptidic Condensation in the (Arginine and Glutamic Acid)/Montmorillonite Clay System

(2014) Maguy Jaber et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Soluble organic compounds in the Tagish Lake meteorite

(2014) Robert W. Hilts et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Ancient Aqueous Environments at Endeavour Crater, Mars

(2014) R. E. Arvidson et al.   SCIENCE

K10 montmorillonite clays as environmentally benign catalysts for organic reactions

(2014) Basuvaraj Suresh Kumar et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

A novel photosensitized Fenton reaction catalyzed by sandwiched iron in synthetic nontronite

(2014) Renlan Liu et al.   RSC Advances

Asteroids and the origin of life—two steps of chemical evolution on the surface of these objects

(2014) M. B. Simakov   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

RNA dimer synthesis using montmorillonite as a catalyst: The role of surface layer charge

(2013) Michael F. Aldersley et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Adsorption of glycine on montmorillonite in aqueous solutions

(2013) M. Elena Ramos et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Glycine's Radiolytic Destruction in Ices: First in situ Laboratory Measurements for Mars

(2013) Perry A. Gerakines et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Sample Handling System for the Mars Icebreaker Life Mission: From Dirt to Data

(2013) Arwen Davé et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life

(2013) Christopher P. McKay et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Prebiotic Systems Chemistry: New Perspectives for the Origins of Life

(2013) Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

New insights into prebiotic chemistry from Stanley Miller's spark discharge experiments

(2013) Jeffrey L. Bada   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Structural Behaviors of Cytosine into the Hydrated Interlayer of Na+-Montmorillonite Clay. An ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study

(2013) Pierre Mignon et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Chemical evolution of organic molecules under Mars-like UV radiation conditions simulated in the laboratory with the “Mars organic molecule irradiation and evolution” (MOMIE) setup

(2013) O. Poch et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

(2013) D. F. Blake et al.   SCIENCE

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

(2013) J. P. Grotzinger et al.   SCIENCE

Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

(2013) S. M. McLennan et al.   SCIENCE

Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

(2013) D. T. Vaniman et al.   SCIENCE

Thermodynamic and mass balance constraints on iron-bearing phyllosilicate formation and alteration pathways on early Mars

(2013) Jeffrey G. Catalano   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Formation of Replicating Saponite from a Gel in the Presence of Oxalate: Implications for the Formation of Clay Minerals in Carbonaceous Chondrites and the Origin of Life

(2012) Dirk Schumann et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Design and performance of supported Lewis acid catalysts derived from metal contaminated biomass for Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation

(2012) Guillaume Losfeld et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

The nakhlite hydrothermal brine on Mars

(2012) J.C. Bridges et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Preparation, characterisation and evaluation of brazilian clay-based catalysts for use in esterification reactions

(2012) Michelle J. C. Rezende et al.   JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A propensity for n-ω-amino acids in thermally altered Antarctic meteorites

(2012) Aaron S. BURTON et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Large enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites and the diverse effects of water in cosmochemical evolution

(2012) Sandra Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrous minerals on Mars as seen by the CRISM and OMEGA imaging spectrometers: Updated global view

(2012) J. Carter et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Pumice as a Remarkable Substrate for the Origin of Life

(2011) Martin D. Brasier et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Terrestrial perspective on authigenic clay mineral production in ancient Martian lakes

(2011) Thomas F. Bristow et al.   CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS

Organic Chemistry of Carbonaceous Meteorites

(2011) Z. Martins   Elements

The soluble organic compounds of the Bells meteorite: Not a unique or unusual composition

(2011) Adam A. Monroe et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Diverse mineralogies in two troughs of Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars

(2011) C. M. Weitz et al.   GEOLOGY

Comment on “Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars” by Rafael Navarro-González et al.

(2011) Klaus Biemann et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Subsurface water and clay mineral formation during the early history of Mars

(2011) Bethany L. Ehlmann et al.   NATURE

Adsorption of Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil on Sulfide-Modified Montmorillonite: FT-IR, Mössbauer and EPR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometry Studies

(2011) Cristine E. A. Carneiro et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Adsorption of thymine and uracil on 1 : 1 clay mineral surfaces: comprehensive ab initio study on influence of sodium cation and water

(2011) A. Michalkova et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Theoretical study of the adsorption of DNA bases on the acidic external surface of montmorillonite

(2011) Pierre Mignon et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Abundant ammonia in primitive asteroids and the case for a possible exobiology

(2011) S. Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Semi-permeable vesicles composed of natural clay

(2011) Anand Bala Subramaniam et al.   Soft Matter

Prebiotically relevant mixed fatty acid vesicles support anionic solute encapsulation and photochemically catalyzed trans-membrane charge transport

(2011) Jonathan L. Cape et al.   Chemical Science

Photocatalytic Decomposition of Carboxylated Molecules on Light-Exposed Martian Regolith and Its Relation to Methane Production on Mars

(2010) Ilya A. Shkrob et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

UVolution, a Photochemistry Experiment in Low Earth Orbit: Investigation of the Photostability of Carboxylic Acids Exposed to Mars Surface UV Radiation Conditions

(2010) Fabien Stalport et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Adsorption of adenine, cytosine, uracil, ribose, and phosphate by Mg-exchanged montmorillonite

(2010) H. Hashizume et al.   CLAY MINERALS

Alteration of five organic compounds by glow discharge plasma and UV light under simulated Mars conditions

(2010) Paul E. Hintze et al.   ICARUS

Thermal alteration of nontronite and montmorillonite: Implications for the martian surface

(2010) Patricia Gavin et al.   ICARUS

Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars

(2010) Rafael Navarro-González et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Possible origin of life between mica sheets

(2010) Helen Greenwood Hansma   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Molecular study of insoluble organic matter in Kainsaz CO3 carbonaceous chondrite: Comparison with CI and CM IOM

(2010) Laurent REMUSAT et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in asteroid 2008 TC3: Dispersion of organic compounds inside asteroids

(2010) Hassan SABBAH et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Model of molecular structure of the insoluble organic matter isolated from Murchison meteorite

(2010) Sylvie DERENNE et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Water ice and organics on the surface of the asteroid 24 Themis

(2010) Humberto Campins et al.   NATURE

Influence of Montmorillonite on Nucleotide Oligomerization Reactions: A Molecular Dynamics Study

(2010) Damien C. Mathew et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Role of clays in the prebiotic synthesis of sugar derivatives from formamide

(2010) Raffaele Saladino et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Noachian and more recent phyllosilicates in impact craters on Mars

(2010) A. G. Fairen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High molecular diversity of extraterrestrial organic matter in Murchison meteorite revealed 40 years after its fall

(2010) P. Schmitt-Kopplin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hydrothermal synthesis of dioctahedral smectites: The Al–Fe3+ chemical series

(2009) P. Andrieux et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Investigating the Photostability of Carboxylic Acids Exposed to Mars Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Conditions

(2009) F. Stalport et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Metal-catalyzed degradation and racemization of amino acids in iron sulfate brines under simulated martian surface conditions

(2009) Adam P. Johnson et al.   ICARUS

Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars investigation and data set from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's primary science phase

(2009) Scott L. Murchie et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

(2009) Scott L. Murchie et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of RNA/DNA Bases on the External Surfaces of Na+-Montmorillonite

(2009) Pierre Mignon et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Mechanism of Montmorillonite Catalysis in the Formation of RNA Oligomers

(2009) Prakash C. Joshi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enrichment of the amino acid L-isovaline by aqueous alteration on CI and CM meteorite parent bodies

(2009) D. P. Glavin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elemental Composition of the Martian Crust

(2009) H. Y. McSween et al.   SCIENCE

Abundance of minerals in the phyllosilicate-rich units on Mars

(2008) F. Poulet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Acid Activated Indian Bentonite, an Efficient Catalyst for Esterification of Carboxylic Acids

(2008) B. Vijayakumar et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Hydrothermal Synthesis, Between 75 and 150ºC, of High-Charge, Ferric Nontronites

(2008) Alain Decarreau et al.   CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS

Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

(2008) John F. Mustard et al.   NATURE

The composition of dust in Jupiter-family comets inferred from infrared spectroscopy

(2008) Michael S. Kelley et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Neodymium-142 Evidence for Hadean Mafic Crust

(2008) J. O'Neil et al.   SCIENCE

Phyllosilicate Diversity and Past Aqueous Activity Revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars

(2008) J. L. Bishop et al.   SCIENCE