Low-Energy Electron Interaction with DNA: Bond Dissociation and Formation of Transient Anions, Radicals, and Radical Anions

Radical and Radical Ion Reactivity in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 239-293

  Sanche, Léon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron stimulated desorption (ESD) of ions and neutral species; ESD of neutral radicals from short DNA strands; Low energy electron interaction with DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155181844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470526279.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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