Chapter 9 Obtaining high performance polymeric materials by irradiation

Chapters in this book

1. Contents i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. List of authors ix
5. Part I / Primary radiation-induced phenomena
6. Chapter 1 An overview of the radiation chemistry of liquids 3
7. Chapter 2 Tools for radiolysis studies 17
8. Chapter 3 The solvated electron: a singular chemical species 35
9. Chapter 4 Water radiolysis under extreme conditions. Application to the nuclear industry 53
10. Part II / Radiation chemistry mechanisms and applications
11. Chapter 5 Molecular formation in the interstellar medium 67
12. Chapter 6 Water remediation by the electron beam treatment 79
13. Chapter 7 Metal clusters and nanomaterials 97
14. Chapter 8 Water radiolysis in cement-based materials 117
15. Chapter 9 Obtaining high performance polymeric materials by irradiation 131
16. Chapter 10 Radiosterilization of drugs 151
17. Chapter 11 Food irradiation: wholesomeness and treatment control 165
18. III / Radiation damage to biomolecules, radioprotection and radiotherapy
19. Chapter 12 Radiation-induced damage to DNA: from model compounds to cell 177
20. Chapter 13 Mechanisms of direct radiation damage to DNA 191
21. Chapter 14 Charge motion in DNA 203
22. Chapter 15 Genome maintenance mechanisms in response to radiation-induced DNA damage 219
23. Chapter 16 Pulse radiolysis studies of free radical processes in peptides and proteins 233
24. Chapter 17 Radiation-induced damage of membrane lipids and lipoproteins 249
25. Chapter 18 Predicting radiation damage distribution in biomolecules 265
26. Chapter 19 Chemical protection against ionizing radiation 277
27. Chapter 20 Advances in radiotherapy : new principles 291
28. Index 301