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ArticleACS earth & space chemistry2025

The Photochemistry of Amino Acids Produced on the Polar Cryovolcanic Regions of Titan.

Diogo Gonçalves, Florence Hofmann, Severin Wipf, Riccardo Giovanni Urso, Jana Bocková, Cornelia Meinert, Paul Brandon Rimmer, Gautam Dutta Stroscio, Nir Goldman, Andreas Elsaesser and 2 more

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Article in ACS earth & space chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Diogo GonçalvesCentro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences and Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-7745
Florence HofmannFreie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Experimental Biophysics and Space Science, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Severin WipfFreie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Experimental Biophysics and Space Science, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Riccardo Giovanni UrsoINAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Jana BockováUniversité Côte d'Azur-CNRS, ICN, UMR7272, 06108 Nice, France.
Cornelia MeinertUniversité Côte d'Azur-CNRS, ICN, UMR7272, 06108 Nice, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7256-2112
Paul Brandon RimmerCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Ave, CB3 0HE Cambridge, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-081X
Gautam Dutta StroscioLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0827-1062
Nir GoldmanLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3052-2128
Andreas ElsaesserFreie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Experimental Biophysics and Space Science, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Bruno PedrasInstitute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.
Zita MartinsCentro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences and Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-1081

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Abstract

The cryovolcanic regions of Titan offer transient opportunities for prebiotic molecules to exist in water-ammonia solutions on the surface of the Saturnian moon. The upcoming NASA's Dragonfly mission will search for high nitrogen concentrations and amino acids on Titan's equatorial terrains. Cryovolcanic features, however, are most common on the polar regions. To mitigate the distance, bubble bursting may encapsulate the prebiotic molecules into aerosols, which Titan's Hadley circulation would subsequently transport to the equator. We investigate whether alanine and glycine survive this meridional journey. Despite the unconstrained meridional wind velocities, our results suggest that the amino acids can survive the transport through the mesosphere. Dragonfly may find cryo-volcanogenic amino acids on Titan's equator. Further, the interaction between the two amino acids increased 10-fold the photodegradation rate of glycine. We justify it based on changes in the environment polarity.

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alaninebubble burstingDragonflyglycineHadley cellsmeridional windssolar irradiation

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PMID41568135
PMCPMC12818833

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