Recent Trends in Radiation Chemistry is a state-of-the-art review of the present status and future trends in the field of radiation chemistry research. It covers a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the historical perspective, instrumentation of accelerators in the nanosecond to femtosecond region, through the use of radiation chemical methods in the study of antioxidants and nanomaterials, radiation-induced DNA damage by ionizing radiation involving both direct and indirect effects, to ultrafast events in free electron transfer, radiation-induced processes at solid–liquid interfaces and the recent work on infrared spectroscopy and radiation chemistry. The contributors to the book are world-renowned specialists. The book is unique in that it covers a wide spectrum of topics that will be of great interest to beginners as well as experts. Recent data on ultrafast phenomena from the recently established world-class laser-driven accelerators facilities in the US, France and Japan are reviewed. There has not been a significant book covering the important field of radiation chemistry for the last 5 years. This timely book, which includes highlights of recent work, will appeal not only to the specialists working in the area but also to other researchers involved in related specialties. Contents: An Incomplete History of Radiation Chemistry (C D Jonah) An Overview of Solvated Electrons: Recent Advances (M Mostafavi & I Lampre) The Structure and Dynamics of Solvated Electrons (I A Shkrob) Instrumentation in Pulse Radiolysis (E Janata) Ultra-fast Pulse Radiolysis Methods (J Belloni et al.) A History of Pulse-Radiolysis Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity (PR-TRMC) Studies (J M Warman & M P de Haas) Infrared Spectroscopy and Radiation Chemistry (S Le Caër et al.) Chemical Processes in Heavy Ion Tracks (G Baldacchino & Y Katsumura) Radiolysis of Supercritical Water (M-Z Lin et al.) Pulse Radiolysis in Supercritical Krypton and Xenon Fluids (R Holroyd) Radiation-Induced Processes at Solid–Liquid Interfaces (M Jonsson) Radiolysis of Water Confined in Nanoporous Materials (R Musat et al.) Metal Clusters and Nanomaterials: Contribution of Radiation Chemistry (H Remita & S Remita) Radiation-Induced Oxidation of Substituted Benzenes: Structure-Reactivity Relationship (B S M Rao) Femtosecond Events in Bimolecular Free Electron Transfer (O Brede & S Naumov) Chemistry of Sulfur-Centered Radicals (K Bobrowski) Radiolysis of Metalloproteins (D E Cabelli) Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage: Direct Effects (D Becker et al.) Radiation-Induced DNA Damage: Indirect Effects (C von Sonntag) Radiation Chemistry Applied to Antioxidant Research (K Indira Priyadarsini) Readership: Graduate students and researchers in radiation chemistry.

RECENT TRENDS IN RADIATION CHEMISTRY © World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://www.worldscibooks.com/chemistry/7413.html Contents Foreword ix Preface xiii About the Editors xvii Contributors xix Chapter 1 An Incomplete History of Radiation Chemistry 1 Charles D. Jonah Chapter 2 An Overview of Solvated Electrons: 21 Recent Advances Mehran Mostafavi and Isabelle Lampre Chapter 3 The Structure and Dynamics of Solvated 59 Electrons Ilya A. Shkrob Chapter 4 Instrumentation in Pulse Radiolysis 97 Eberhard Janata v RECENT TRENDS IN RADIATION CHEMISTRY © World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://www.worldscibooks.com/chemistry/7413.html Chapter 5 Ultrafast Pulse Radiolysis Methods 121 Jacqueline Belloni, Robert A. Crowell, Yosuke Katsumura, Mingzhang Lin, Jean-Louis Marignier, Mehran Mostafavi, Yusa Muroya, Akinori Saeki, Seiichi Tagawa, Yoichi Yoshida, Vincent De Waele and James F. Wishart Chapter 6 A History of Pulse-Radiolysis Time-Resolved 161 Microwave Conductivity (PR-TRMC) Studies John M. Warman and Matthijs P. de Haas Chapter 7 Infrared Spectroscopy and Radiation Chemistry 201 Sophie Le Caër, Serge Pin, Jean Philippe Renault, Georges Vigneron and Stanislas Pommeret Chapter 8 Chemical Processes in Heavy Ion Tracks 231 Gérard Baldacchino and Yosuke Katsumura Chapter 9 Radiolysis of Supercritical Water 255 Mingzhang Lin, Yusa Muroya, Gérard Baldacchino and Yosuke Katsumura Chapter 10 Pulse Radiolysis in Supercritical Krypton 279 and Xenon Fluids Richard Holroyd Chapter 11 Radiation-Induced Processes at Solid–Liquid 301 Interfaces Mats Jonsson Chapter 12 Radiolysis of Water Confined in Nanoporous 325 Materials Raluca Musat, Mohammad Shahdo Alam and Jean Philippe Renault vi Contents RECENT TRENDS IN RADIATION CHEMISTRY © World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://www.worldscibooks.com/chemistry/7413.html Chapter 13 Metal Clusters and Nanomaterials: Contribution 347 of Radiation Chemistry Hynd Remita and Samy Remita Chapter 14 Radiation-Induced Oxidation of Substituted 385 Benzenes: Structure–Reactivity Relationship B. S. M. Rao Chapter 15 Femtosecond Events in Bimolecular 411 Free Electron Transfer Ortwin Brede and Sergej Naumov Chapter 16 Chemistry of Sulfur-Centered Radicals 433 Krzysztof Bobrowski Chapter 17 Radiolysis of Metalloproteins 485 Diane E. Cabelli Chapter 18 Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced DNA 509 Damage: Direct Effects David Becker, Amitava Adhikary and Michael D. Sevilla Chapter 19 Radiation-Induced DNA Damage: Indirect 543 Effects Clemens von Sonntag Chapter 20 Radiation Chemistry Applied to Antioxidant 563 Research K. Indira Priyadarsini Index 597 Contents vii