Electron stopping power and inelastic mean free path in amino acids and protein over the energy range of 20-20,000 eV

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Tan, Zhenyu ^a   Xia, Yueyuan ^a   Zhao, Mingwen ^a   Liu, Xiangdong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETHE-BLOCH PREDICTIONS; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE MODELS; OPTICAL ENERGY-LOSS FUNCTIONS; STOPPING POWER (SP);

DNA; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; PROTEINS; RADIATION HAZARDS;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; DNA; POLYVINYL ACETATE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY; INELASTIC MEAN FREE PATH; IONIZATION; PREDICTION; STOPPING POWER; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 33745841145     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-006-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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