EPR and UV investigation of sucrose irradiated with nitrogen ions and gamma-rays

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1337-1342

  Karakirova, Yordanka ^a   Lund, Eva ^b   Yordanov, Nicola D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Bulgaria)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Irradiation; N ions irradiation; Solid state EPR dosimetry; Sucrose; UV spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; IONS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM THEORY; SUGAR (SUCROSE); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

IRRADIATION DOSES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; N-IONS IRRADIATION; NITROGEN IONS; SOLID STATE/EPR DOSIMETRY; SUCROSE; UV SPECTROMETRY; UV-SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 52049099617     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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