A study of low-energy ion induced radiolysis of thiol-containing amino acid cysteine in the solid and aqueous solution states

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2729-2734

  Ke, Zhigang ^a   Huang, Qing ^a   Dang, Bingrong ^b   Lu, Yilin ^a,c   Yuan, Hang ^a   Zhang, Shuqing ^a   Yu, Zengliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Low energy heavy ion beam; Plasma discharge; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID CYSTEINE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CYSTEINE; FTIR; INDIRECT INTERACTIONS; IR BANDS; LOW ENERGIES; LOW ENERGY ION BEAM; LOW-ENERGY ION IRRADIATION; NINHYDRIN; PLASMA DISCHARGE;

AMINO ACIDS; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DISSOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEAVY IONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77955510603     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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