Monte Carlo simulation on a gold nanoparticle irradiated by electron beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3323-3331

  Chow, James C L ^a,b   Leung, Michael K K ^c   Jaffray, David A ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION ANGLES; EFFECTIVE RANGE; ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIVING CELL; MC SIMULATION; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PER UNIT; PHOTON BEAMS; PROPORTION OF ENERGY; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

DEPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCONJUGATES; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

SECONDARY EMISSION;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE;

ELECTRONS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84861173927     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/3323     Document Type: Article

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