Review of the Geant4-DNA simulation toolkit for radiobiological applications at the cellular and DNA level

I Kyriakou, D Sakata, HN Tran, Y Perrot, WG Shin… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A brief description of the methodologies to simulate ionizing radiation
transport in biologically relevant matter is presented. Emphasis is given to the physical …

Photoionization of the aqueous phase: clusters, droplets and liquid jets

R Signorell, B Winter - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article reviews specific challenges associated with photoemission
spectroscopy of bulk liquid water, aqueous solutions, water droplets and water clusters. The …

Geant4‐DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: a report from the Geant4‐DNA Project

S Incerti, I Kyriakou, MA Bernal, MC Bordage… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This Special Report presents a description of Geant4‐DNA user applications dedicated to
the simulation of track structures (TS) in liquid water and associated physical quantities (eg …

Effective attenuation lengths for different quantitative applications of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

A Jablonski, CJ Powell - Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The effective attenuation length (EAL) is a useful parameter in quantitative applications of x-
ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). This parameter is used in place of the inelastic mean …

Calculations of electron inelastic mean free paths. XIII. Data for 14 organic compounds and water over the 50 eV to 200 keV range with the relativistic full Penn …

H Shinotsuka, S Tanuma… - Surface and Interface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We have calculated inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs) for 14 organic compounds (26‐n‐
paraffin, adenine, β‐carotene, diphenyl‐hexatriene, guanine, Kapton, polyacetylene, poly …

Investigation of track structure and condensed history physics models for applications in radiation dosimetry on a micro and nano scale in Geant4

P Lazarakis, S Incerti, V Ivanchenko… - Biomedical Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo methods apply various physical models, either condensed history (CH) or track
structure (TS), to simulate the passage of radiation through matter. Both CH and TS models …

Electron scattering in liquid water and amorphous ice: a striking resemblance

R Signorell - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
The lack of accurate low-energy electron scattering cross sections for liquid water is a
substantial source of uncertainty in the modeling of radiation chemistry and biology. The use …

Electron track structure simulations in a gold nanoparticle using Geant4-DNA

D Sakata, I Kyriakou, HN Tran, MC Bordage… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Gold Nanoparticles (GNPs) have recently gained a lot of attention due to their
potential benefit to improve the efficacy of X-ray radiotherapy. Owing to their high atomic …

Monte Carlo electron track structure calculations in liquid water using a new model dielectric response function

D Emfietzoglou, G Papamichael… - Radiation …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Monte Carlo track structure codes provide valuable information for understanding radiation
effects down to the DNA level, where experimental measurements are most difficult or …

Electron inelastic mean free paths in condensed matter down to a few electronvolts

P de Vera, R Garcia-Molina - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new method is reported for a simple, yet reliable, calculation of electron inelastic mean
free paths in insulating and conducting materials, from the very low energies of hot electrons …