Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011oleb...41..453c&link_type=abstract
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Volume 41, Issue 5, pp.453-468
Physics
Nucleic Acid Bases, Montmorillonite, Adsorption, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Epr Spectroscopy, Prebiotic Chemistry
Scientific paper
In the present work the interactions of nucleic acid bases with and adsorption on clays were studied at two pHs (2.00, 7.00) using different techniques. As shown by Mössbauer and EPR spectroscopies and X-ray diffractometry, the most important finding of this work is that nucleic acid bases penetrate into the interlayer of the clays and oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+, thus, this interaction cannot be regarded as a simple physical adsorption. For the two pHs the order of the adsorption of nucleic acid bases on the clays was: adenine ≈ cytosine > thymine > uracil. The adsorption of adenine and cytosine on clays increased with decreasing of the pH. For unaltered montmorillonite this result could be explained by electrostatic forces between adenine/cytosine positively charged and clay negatively charged. However for montmorillonite modified with Na2S, probably van der Waals forces also play an important role since both adenine/cytosine and clay were positively charged. FT-IR spectra showed that the interaction between nucleic acid bases and clays was through NH+ or NH{2/+} groups. X-ray diffractograms showed that nucleic acid bases adsorbed on clays were distributed into the interlayer surface, edge sites and external surface functional groups (aluminol, silanol) EPR spectra showed that the intensity of the line g ≈ 2 increased probably because the oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ by nucleic acid bases and intensity of the line g = 4.1 increased due to the interaction of Fe3+ with nucleic acid bases. Mössbauer spectra showed a large decreased on the Fe2+ doublet area of the clays due to the reaction of nucleic acid bases with Fe2+.
Berndt Graciele
Carneiro Cristine E. A.
da Costa Antonio C. S.
de Santana Henrique
de Souza Cláudio M. D.
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