The European Physical Journal D (EPJ D)

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Nano-scale processes behind ion-beam cancer therapy

Eugene Surdutovich, Gustavo Garcia, Nigel Mason and Andrey V. Solov’yov

Published online: 14 April 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2016-70156-y

Regular Article

Studying chemical reactions in biological systems with MBN Explorer: implementation of molecular mechanics with dynamical topology

Gennady B. Sushko, Ilia A. Solov’yov, Alexey V. Verkhovtsev, Sergey N. Volkov and Andrey V. Solov’yov

Published online: 19 January 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60424-9

TLD efficiency calculations for heavy ions: an analytical approach

Daria Boscolo, Emanuele Scifoni, Antonio Carlino, Chiara La Tessa, Thomas Berger, Marco Durante, Valeria Rosso and Michael Krämer

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60208-3

Understanding the mechanism of DNA deactivation in ion therapy of cancer cells: hydrogen peroxide action

Dmytro V. Piatnytskyi, Oleksiy O. Zdorevskyi, Sergiy M. Perepelytsya and Sergey N. Volkov

Published online: 17 November 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60210-9

Open Access

Secondary ionisations in a wall-less ion-counting nanodosimeter: quantitative analysis and the effect on the comparison of measured and simulated track structure parameters in nanometric volumes

Gerhard Hilgers, Marion U. Bug, Elisabetta Gargioni and Hans Rabus

Published online: 29 October 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60176-6

Open Access

Ion induced fragmentation cross-sections of DNA constituents

Benedikt Rudek, Alexander Arndt, Daniel Bennett, Mingjie Wang and Hans Rabus

Published online: 27 October 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60204-7

Energy dependent track structure parametrisations for protons and carbon ions based on nanometric simulations

Frauke Alexander, Carmen Villagrasa, Hans Rabus and Jan J. Wilkens

Published online: 17 September 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60206-5

Comparison of the effect of NaOH and TE buffer on 25 to 100 eV electron induced damage to ΦX174 dsDNA

S.V.K. Kumar, Megha Murali and Preksha Kushwaha

Published online: 03 September 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60203-8

Rare reaction channels in real-time time-dependent density functional theory: the test case of electron attachment

Lionel Lacombe, P. Huong Mai Dinh, Paul-Gerhard Reinhard, Eric Suraud and Leon Sanche

Published online: 06 August 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60162-0

Transport of secondary electrons and reactive species in ion tracks

Eugene Surdutovich and Andrey V. Solov’yov

Published online: 06 August 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60242-1

Integration of the low-energy particle track simulation code in Geant4

Pedro Arce, Antonio Muñoz, Montserrat Moraleda, José María Gomez Ros, Fernando Blanco, JoséManuel Perez and Gustavo García

Published online: 04 August 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60138-0

On the use of additivity rules to estimate electron production cross sections in proton-biomolecule collisions

Sergio Paredes, Clara Illescas and L. Méndez

Published online: 19 July 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60106-8

Electron impact fragmentation of adenine: partial ionization cross sections for positive fragments

Peter J.M. van der Burgt, Sinead Finnegan and Samuel Eden

Published online: 14 July 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60200-y

Simulation of the secondary electrons energy deposition produced by proton beams in PMMA: influence of the target electronic excitation description

Maurizio Dapor, Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera and Rafael Garcia-Molina

Published online: 25 June 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60123-7

Open Access

Electron driven processes in sulphur containing compounds CH₃SCH₃ and CH₃SSCH₃

Janina Kopyra and Jakub Władziński

Published online: 16 June 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60184-6

A dipole-driven path for electron and positron attachments to gas-phase uracil and pyrimidine molecules: a quantum scattering analysis

Fabio Carelli, Francesco Antonio Gianturco, Jan Franz and Mauro Satta

Published online: 02 June 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60096-5

Electron- and proton-induced ionization of pyrimidine

Christophe Champion, Michele A. Quinto and Philippe F. Weck

Published online: 14 May 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60095-6

Open Access

Radio- and photosensitization of DNA with compounds containing platinum and bromine atoms

Małgorzata A. Śmiałek, Sylwia Ptasińska, Jason Gow, Søren Vrønning Hoffmann and Nigel J. Mason

Published online: 05 May 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60036-5

Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium

Alexey Verkhovtsev, Sally McKinnon, Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Susanna Guatelli, Andrei V. Korol, Anatoly Rosenfeld and Andrey V. Solov’yov

Published online: 23 April 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-50908-y

Conformation and orientation dependence in ion-induced collisions with DNA and RNA building blocks

Marie-Christine Bacchus-Montabonel

Published online: 14 April 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2015-60049-0

EPJ

The European Physical Journal D

Topical Issue: COST Action Nano-IBCT: Nano-scale Processes Behind Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy

Nano-scale processes behind ion-beam cancer therapy

Studying chemical reactions in biological systems with MBN Explorer: implementation of molecular mechanics with dynamical topology

TLD efficiency calculations for heavy ions: an analytical approach

Understanding the mechanism of DNA deactivation in ion therapy of cancer cells: hydrogen peroxide action

Secondary ionisations in a wall-less ion-counting nanodosimeter: quantitative analysis and the effect on the comparison of measured and simulated track structure parameters in nanometric volumes

Ion induced fragmentation cross-sections of DNA constituents

Energy dependent track structure parametrisations for protons and carbon ions based on nanometric simulations

Comparison of the effect of NaOH and TE buffer on 25 to 100 eV electron induced damage to ΦX174 dsDNA

Rare reaction channels in real-time time-dependent density functional theory: the test case of electron attachment

Transport of secondary electrons and reactive species in ion tracks

Integration of the low-energy particle track simulation code in Geant4

On the use of additivity rules to estimate electron production cross sections in proton-biomolecule collisions

Electron impact fragmentation of adenine: partial ionization cross sections for positive fragments

Simulation of the secondary electrons energy deposition produced by proton beams in PMMA: influence of the target electronic excitation description

Electron driven processes in sulphur containing compounds CH₃SCH₃ and CH₃SSCH₃

A dipole-driven path for electron and positron attachments to gas-phase uracil and pyrimidine molecules: a quantum scattering analysis

Electron- and proton-induced ionization of pyrimidine

Radio- and photosensitization of DNA with compounds containing platinum and bromine atoms

Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium

Conformation and orientation dependence in ion-induced collisions with DNA and RNA building blocks

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