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A central issue in the research on
the emergence of life is the paradoxical role of
water in prebiotic chemistry. On the one hand,
water is essential for all known life, on the
other hand it is highly destructive for key
biomolecules such as nucleic acids and
polypeptides.
We investigate the possible
relevance of nanoscale phenomena and nanofluidic
effects for prebiotic chemistry to solve key
paradoxes in the research on the origin of life. For this
investigations we use OSWD as an
analytical probe, along with approaches
established in molecular biology.
Selected publications:
Temporal nanofluid environments induce prebiotic condensation in water