Characterization of neutron radiation damage in GaAs

Quantitation of genome damage and transcriptional profile of DNA damage response genes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed in vitro to low doses of neutron radiation

Background: Humans are exposed to ionizing radiation from different sources that include natural, occupational, medical, accidental exposures. Evaluation of the effect of low level of neutron exposure to human cells in vitro has important implications to human health. Attempts were made to measure genome damage, transcriptional profile of DNA damage response and repair genes in peripheral blood...

Neutron flux characterization techniques for radiation effects studies

In the field of radiation effects in materials, a detailed and precise description of the radiation environment used to damage samples is often required to make sense of subsequent materials analysis. The types of reactions and extent of damage that occur during irradiation strongly depend on the flux spectrum of the particular facility. Different neutron activation techniques for characterizin...

Comparison of Radiation Damage in Silicon Induced by Proton and Neutron Irradiation

The subject of radiation damage to silicon detectors induced by 24-GeV/c protons and nuclear reactor neutrons has been studied. Detectors fabricated on single-crystal silicon enriched with various impurities have been tested. Significant differences in electrically active defects have been found between the various types of material. The results of the study suggest for the first time that the ...

Radiation track and DNA damage

Characterization of photochemically unpinned GaAs

The unpinning of the etched GaAs ( 100) surface has recently been reported by both photowashing and by Na2S'9H20 treatments. Both techniques hold promise of elucidating the mechanism by which GaAs passivation is achieved. We have identified as part of the photowashing process a separate photoactivation step. The activation step did not become apparent until we modified the photo wash process in...