Química Nova (Jan 2012)

Os semimetais na origem e evolução da vida

  • Manuel Aureliano,
  • Pedro A. Nolasco,
  • João J. R. Fraústo da Silva,
  • José Armando L. da Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422012000500036
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 5
pp. 1062 – 1068

Abstract

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Metalloids have characteristics between metals and non-metals which give them, in some cases, specific properties. At least two of this chemical elements, boron and silicon, are essential to a significant number of living organisms and since some years ago it has been observed that the same metalloids may be involved in the synthesis and stabilization of some molecules relevant to the origin of life.

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