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Audouin J, Hofverberg P, Ngono-Ravache Y, Desorgher L, Baldacchino G. Intermediate LET-like effect in distal part of proton Bragg peak revealed by track-ends imaging during super-Fricke radiolysis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15460. [PMID: 37726376 PMCID: PMC10509149 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42639-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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Upstream of the efficiency of proton or carbon ion beams in cancer therapy, and to optimize hadrontherapy results, we analysed the chemistry of Fricke solutions in track-end of 64-MeV protons and 1.14-GeV carbon ions. An original optical setup is designed to determine the primary track-segment yields along the last millimetres of the ion track with a sub-millimetre resolution. The Fe3+-yield falls in the Bragg peak to (4.9 ± 0.4) × 10-7 mol/J and 1.9 × 10-7 mol/J, under protons and carbon ions respectively. Beyond the Bragg peak, a yield recovery is observed over 1 mm for proton beams. It is attributed to the intermediate-LET of protons in this region where their energy decreases and energy distribution becomes broader, in relation with the longitudinal straggling of the beam. Consequently to this LET decrease in the distal part of the Bragg peak, Fe3+-yield increases. For the first time, this signature is highlighted at the chemical level under proton irradiation. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is not identified for carbon ion beams since their straggling is lower. It would need a greater spatial resolution to be observed.
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- J Audouin
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CIMAP, CEA-CNRS-ENSICAEN-UNICAEN, Normandy University, Cedex 04, 14050, Caen, France
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- Institute of Radiation Physics (IRA), Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, CH-1007, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, LIDYL, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Medvedev N, Voronkov R, Volkov AE. Metallic water: Transient state under ultrafast electronic excitation. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:074501. [PMID: 36813717 DOI: 10.1063/5.0139802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The modern means of controlled irradiation by femtosecond lasers or swift heavy ion beams can transiently produce such energy densities in samples that reach collective electronic excitation levels of the warm dense matter state, where the potential energy of interaction of the particles is comparable to their kinetic energies (temperatures of a few eV). Such massive electronic excitation severely alters the interatomic potentials, producing unusual nonequilibrium states of matter and different chemistry. We employ density functional theory and tight binding molecular dynamics formalisms to study the response of bulk water to ultrafast excitation of its electrons. After a certain threshold electronic temperature, the water becomes electronically conducting via the collapse of its bandgap. At high doses, it is accompanied by nonthermal acceleration of ions to a temperature of a few thousand Kelvins within sub-100 fs timescales. We identify the interplay of this nonthermal mechanism with the electron-ion coupling, enhancing the electron-to-ions energy transfer. Various chemically active fragments are formed from the disintegrating water molecules, depending on the deposited dose.
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- Nikita Medvedev
- Department of Radiation and Chemical Physics, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij pr., 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij pr., 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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H2 production from the radiolysis of aqueous suspensions of ZnO nanoparticles by 5.5 MeV He2+ ions. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Prasselsperger A, Coughlan M, Breslin N, Yeung M, Arthur C, Donnelly H, White S, Afshari M, Speicher M, Yang R, Villagomez-Bernabe B, Currell FJ, Schreiber J, Dromey B. Real-Time Electron Solvation Induced by Bursts of Laser-Accelerated Protons in Liquid Water. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:186001. [PMID: 34767414 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.186001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms of proton energy deposition in matter and subsequent damage formation is fundamental to radiation science. Here we exploit the picosecond (10^{-12} s) resolution of laser-driven accelerators to track ultrafast solvation dynamics for electrons due to proton radiolysis in liquid water (H_{2}O). Comparing these results with modeling that assumes initial conditions similar to those found in photolysis reveals that solvation time due to protons is extended by >20 ps. Supported by magnetohydrodynamic theory this indicates a highly dynamic phase in the immediate aftermath of the proton interaction that is not accounted for in current models.
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- A Prasselsperger
- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- The Dalton Cumbria Facility and the School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- The Dalton Cumbria Facility and the School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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Baldacchino G, Brun E, Denden I, Bouhadoun S, Roux R, Khodja H, Sicard-Roselli C. Importance of radiolytic reactions during high-LET irradiation modalities: LET effect, role of O2 and radiosensitization by nanoparticles. Cancer Nanotechnol 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s12645-019-0047-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Raschke S, Spickermann S, Toncian T, Swantusch M, Boeker J, Giesen U, Iliakis G, Willi O, Boege F. Ultra-short laser-accelerated proton pulses have similar DNA-damaging effectiveness but produce less immediate nitroxidative stress than conventional proton beams. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32441. [PMID: 27578260 PMCID: PMC5006042 DOI: 10.1038/srep32441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ultra-short proton pulses originating from laser-plasma accelerators can provide instantaneous dose rates at least 10(7)-fold in excess of conventional, continuous proton beams. The impact of such extremely high proton dose rates on A549 human lung cancer cells was compared with conventionally accelerated protons and 90 keV X-rays. Between 0.2 and 2 Gy, the yield of DNA double strand breaks (foci of phosphorylated histone H2AX) was not significantly different between the two proton sources or proton irradiation and X-rays. Protein nitroxidation after 1 h judged by 3-nitrotyrosine generation was 2.5 and 5-fold higher in response to conventionally accelerated protons compared to laser-driven protons and X-rays, respectively. This difference was significant (p < 0.01) between 0.25 and 1 Gy. In conclusion, ultra-short proton pulses originating from laser-plasma accelerators have a similar DNA damaging potential as conventional proton beams, while inducing less immediate nitroxidative stress, which probably entails a distinct therapeutic potential.
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- S. Raschke
- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, University of Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Germany
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Laser and Plasma Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, University of Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Germany
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Picosecond metrology of laser-driven proton bursts. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10642. [PMID: 26861592 PMCID: PMC4749984 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Tracking primary radiation-induced processes in matter requires ultrafast sources and high precision timing. While compact laser-driven ion accelerators are seeding the development of novel high instantaneous flux applications, combining the ultrashort ion and laser pulse durations with their inherent synchronicity to trace the real-time evolution of initial damage events has yet to be realized. Here we report on the absolute measurement of proton bursts as short as 3.5±0.7 ps from laser solid target interactions for this purpose. Our results verify that laser-driven ion acceleration can deliver interaction times over a factor of hundred shorter than those of state-of-the-art accelerators optimized for high instantaneous flux. Furthermore, these observations draw ion interaction physics into the field of ultrafast science, opening the opportunity for quantitative comparison with both numerical modelling and the adjacent fields of ultrafast electron and photon interactions in matter. Experimental investigations of the response of matter to ionization would require extremely fast ion pump pulses. Here, the authors explore a different approach observing ionisation dynamics in SiO2 glass by generating synchronized proton pulses from the interaction of high-power lasers on a solid target.
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Turci F, Corazzari I, Alberto G, Martra G, Fubini B. Free-radical chemistry as a means to evaluate lunar dust health hazard in view of future missions to the moon. ASTROBIOLOGY 2015; 15:371-380. [PMID: 25946080 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Lunar dust toxicity has to be evaluated in view of future manned missions to the Moon. Previous studies on lunar specimens and simulated dusts have revealed an oxidant activity assigned to HO· release. However, the mechanisms behind the reactivity of lunar dust are still quite unclear at the molecular level. In the present study, a complementary set of tests--including terephthalate (TA) hydroxylation, free radical release as measured by means of the spin-trapping/electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique, and cell-free lipoperoxidation--is proposed to investigate the reactions induced by the fine fraction of a lunar dust analogue (JSC-1A-vf) in biologically relevant experimental environments. Our study proved that JSC-1A-vf is able to hydroxylate TA also in anaerobic conditions, which indicates that molecular oxygen is not involved in such a reaction. Spin-trapping/EPR measures showed that the HO· radical is not the reactive intermediate involved in the oxidative potential of JSC-1A-vf. A surface reactivity implying a redox cycle of phosphate-complexed iron via a Fe(IV) state is proposed. The role of this iron species was investigated by assessing the reactivity of JSC-1A-vf toward hydrogen peroxide (Fenton-like activity), formate ions (homolytic rupture of C-H bond), and linoleic acid (cell-free lipoperoxidation). JSC-1A-vf was active in all tests, confirming that redox centers of transition metal ions on the surface of the dust may be responsible for dust reactivity and that the TA assay may be a useful field probe to monitor the surface oxidative potential of lunar dust.
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- Francesco Turci
- 1Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 2"G. Scansetti" Interdepartmental Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 3NIS Excellence Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- 1Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 2"G. Scansetti" Interdepartmental Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- 1Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 3NIS Excellence Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- 1Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 2"G. Scansetti" Interdepartmental Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 3NIS Excellence Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- 1Dipartimento di Chimica, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 2"G. Scansetti" Interdepartmental Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 3NIS Excellence Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Balcerzyk A, Boughattas I, Pin S, Balanzat E, Baldacchino G. First observation of HO˙ reactivity in water under high energy ions at elevated temperature. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:23975-84. [PMID: 25286140 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03049d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This communication reports the first observation of the formation of HO˙ produced under two different High energy ion beams, (18)O(8+) and (36)Ar(18+) having Linear Energy Transfers (LET) of 65 and 350 eV nm(-1) respectively, at temperatures up to 411 K. Both scavenging with various concentrations of SCN(-) and heavy-ion pulse radiolysis methods are used with an original temperature and pressure regulated optical cell. Deconvolution of kinetics is used to analyze the evolution of HO˙ track segment yields as a function of time and temperature. It takes care of involving the ionic strength effect and Arrhenius expression in the rate constants correction. The results show a fast decay of HO˙ yields in the 10(-10)-10(-8) s range which denotes an efficient reactivity of this species in the track structure of the ion beam. This effect is enhanced with the lowest LET of O(8+). Increasing the temperature also accelerates the decays for both ions. These observations are discussed in terms of temperature activation of reactions and the track structure exhibiting the formation of HO˙ in a "low LET" penumbra around the ionization tracks. HO˙ track segment yields at 100 ns, of 0.4 × 10(-7) and 0.6 × 10(-7) mol J(-1), respectively for 350 and 65 eV nm(-1), are not affected by temperature.
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- A Balcerzyk
- CEA Saclay, IRAMIS, SIS2M, LRad, Bât 546, PC 175, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Yamashita S, Baldacchino G, Maeyama T, Taguchi M, Muroya Y, Lin M, Kimura A, Murakami T, Katsumura Y. Mechanism of radiation-induced reactions in aqueous solution of coumarin-3-carboxylic acid: Effects of concentration, gas and additive on fluorescent product yield. Free Radic Res 2012; 46:861-71. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2012.684879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Determination of the time-dependent OH-yield by using a fluorescent probe. Application to heavy ion irradiation. Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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