BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATION OF ATOMIC-COLLISIONS AT THE MOLECULAR-LEVEL

Authors
TOUATI A DUPENHOAT MAH BAILLYDESPINEY I GOBERT F CHAMPION C FAYARD B ABEL F LHOIR A MOULIN J SABATIER L CHETIOUI A
Citation
A. Touati et al., BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATION OF ATOMIC-COLLISIONS AT THE MOLECULAR-LEVEL, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 132(2), 1997, pp. 276-279
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
132
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
276 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)132:2<276:BIOAAT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
First biological models of radiation action were based on the average energy deposited in the cell nucleus. Later theories have stressed the importance of the energy deposition at the nanometer level. Clusters of ionizations generated by K-electron removal seem to be a highly eff icient mechanism for the induction of cell inactivation by heavy ions. Calculations and experimental results reported here support this hypo thesis. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.