Spectroscopic assessment of argon gas discharge induced radiolysis of aqueous adenine and thymine

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1343-1351

  Su, Xi ^a   Huang, Qing ^a   Dang, Bingrong ^b   Wang, Xiangqin ^a   Yu, Zengliang ^a  

^a HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adenine; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Plasma discharge; Radiolysis; Spectroscopy; Thymine

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AQUEOUS BASIS; ARGON GAS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENERGETIC ION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; FTIR; GAS DISCHARGE; GENETIC MATERIALS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA DISCHARGE; SPECTROSCOPIC TOOL; THYMINE; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLYCOLS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARGON;

4,6 DIAMINO 5 FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE; 5 FORMYLURACIL; 5 HYDROXY 6 HYDROTHYMINE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; 5,6 DIHYDRO 5,6 DIHYDROXYTHYMINE; 6 HYDROXY 5 HYDROTHYMINE; 8 HYDROXYADENINE; ADENINE; ADENINE DERIVATIVE; ARGON; GLYCOL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOGUANINE; PYRIMIDINE; THYMINE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS DIFFUSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052960851     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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