Foreword ........................................................ v
Preface ....................................................... vii
List of authors ................................................ ix
Part I Primary radiation-induced phenomena ..................... 1
Chapter 1 An overview of the radiation chemistry of liquids ... 3
George V. BUXTON
Chapter 2 Tools for radiolysis studies ....................... 17
James F. WISHART
Chapter 3 The solvated electron: a singular chemical
species ............................................ 35
Mehran MOSTAFAVI and Isabelle LAMPRE
Chapter 4 Water radiolysis under extreme conditions.
Application to the nuclear industry ................ 53
Gérard BALDACCHINO and Bernard HICKEL
Part II Radiation chemistry mechanisms and applications ....... 65
Chapter 5 Molecular formation in the interstellar medium ..... 67
Nigel J. MASON, Anita DAWES and Philip HOLTOM
Chapter 6 Water remediation by the electron beam treatment ... 79
Salvatore S. EMMI and Erzsébet TAKÁCS
Chapter 7 Metal clusters and nanomaterials ................... 97
Jacqueline BELLONI and Hynd REMITA
Chapter 8 Water radiolysis in cement-based materials ........ 117
Pascal BOUNIOL
Chapter 9 Obtaining high performance polymeric materials
by irradiation .................................... 131
Xavier COQUERET
Chapter 10 Radiosterilization of drugs ....................... 151
Bernard TILQUIN
Chapter 11 Food irradiation: wholesomeness and treatment
control ........................................... 165
Jacques RAFFI et Jacky KISTER
III Radiation damage to biomolecules, radioprotection and
radiotherapy ............................................. 175
Chapter 12 Radiation-induced damage to DNA: from model
compounds to cell ................................. 177
Thierry DOUKI and Jean CADET
Chapter 13 Mechanisms of direct radiation damage to DNA ...... 191
Michael D. SEVILLA and William A. BERNHARD
Chapter 14 Charge motion in DNA .............................. 203
Yuri A. BERLIN and Laurens D.A. SIEBBELES
Chapter 15 Genome maintenance mechanisms in response to
radiation-induced DNA damage ...................... 219
Evelyne SAGE and Bertrand CASTAING
Chapter 16 Pulse radiolysis studies of free radical
processes in peptides and proteins ................ 233
Chantal HOUÉE-LEVIN and Krzysztof BOBROWSKI
Chapter 17 Radiation-induced damage of membrane lipids and
lipoproteins ...................................... 249
Monique GARDES-ALBERT
Chapter 18 Predicting rafliation damage distribution in
biomolecules ...................................... 265
Marie DAVIDKOVA and Melanie SPOTHEIM-MAURIZOT
Chapter 19 Chemical protection against ionizing radiation .... 277
Caroline PROUILLAC, Christine AMOURETTE and
Ghassoub RIMA
Chapter 20 Advances in radiotherapy: new principles .......... 291
Nicolas FORAY and Jacques BALOSSO
Index ......................................................... 301
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