Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 An Incomplete History of Radiation Chemistry Charles D. Jonah -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Period of Natural Isotopic Sources -- 3. X-Ray Generator in Radiation Chemistry -- 4. Steady-State Radiolysis, the War Years and After -- 5. A Slight Detour in Our "Tour Through Radiation-Chemistry Techniques" -- 6. The Development of Pulse Radiolysis -- 7. Sub-nanosecond Pulse Radiolysis -- 8. Laser-Simulated Radiation Chemistry -- 9. The Future -- References -- Chapter 2 An Overview of Solvated Electrons: Recent Advances Mehran Mostafavi and Isabelle Lampre -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discovery and Formation of the Solvated Electron -- 2.1. Story of the solvated electron -- 2.2. Production of the solvated electron -- 3. Some Physical Properties of the Solvated Electron -- 3.1. Volume -- 3.2. Charge -- 3.3. Mobility -- 3.4. Optical absorption -- 3.5. Structure -- 4. Chemical Reactivity of the Solvated Electron -- 4.1. Geminate recombinations and spur reactions -- 4.2. Reaction with a solute -- 4.3. Formation of ion pairs -- 5. Solvation Dynamics of the Electron -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Structure and Dynamics of Solvated Electrons Ilya A. Shkrob -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Cavity Electron -- 3. Excited States, Precursors, and Dynamics -- 3.1. "Hot" s- and p-like states -- 3.2. "Weakly bound" and "dry" electrons, relocalization, and attachment -- 4. The Cavity Electron Revisited -- 4.1. Magnetic resonance -- 4.2. Vibrational spectroscopy -- 4.3. Substructure of the s-p absorption band -- 5. The Heterodoxy: Solvent Stabilized Multimer Radical Anion -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 Instrumentation in Pulse Radiolysis Eberhard Janata -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Instrumentation -- 2.1. General -- 2.2. Accelerators -- 2.3. Detection apparatus.

2.3.1. Measuring cell -- 2.3.2. Optical detection -- 2.3.3. Conductometric detection techniques -- 2.3.4. Other detection methods -- 2.4. Auxiliary circuits -- 2.5. Computer aided experiments -- 3. Summary -- 4. Appendix -- 4.1. Calculation of optical properties -- 4.2. Calculation of conductometric properties -- 4.3. Dosimetry -- 4.4. Noise and signal-to-noise ratio -- References -- Chapter 5 Ultrafast Pulse Radiolysis Methods 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 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Picosecond Accelerator Technology -- 2.1. The first generation of picosecond accelerators for radiolysis -- 2.2. Magnetic pulse compression -- 2.3. Laser photocathode electron gun accelerators -- 2.3.1. Laser and electron gun synchronization -- 2.3.2. Photocathodes -- 2.3.3. Energy dependence of electron beam characteristics -- 2.3.4. Typical picosecond electron gun accelerator systems -- 2.4. Laser wakefield accelerators for ultrafast pulse radiolysis -- 2.5. Electron pulse width determination -- 3. Optical Detection Systems for Ultrafast Pulse Radiolysis -- 3.1. Temporal resolution considerations for fast optical detection -- 3.2. Pulse-probe detection systems -- 3.3. Single-shot radiolysis using a temporally-dispersed probe beam -- 3.4. Streak camera absorbance detection -- 4. Future Trends -- References -- Chapter 6 A History of Pulse-Radiolysis Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity (PR-TRMC) Studies John M. Warman and Matthijs P. de Haas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Technique -- 3. Materials and Mechanisms Investigated -- 3.1. Gases -- 3.1.1. Electron attachment -- 3.1.2. Electron thermalization -- 3.1.3. Recombination -- 3.2. Dielectric liquids.

3.2.1. Electron mobility and reaction kinetics -- 3.2.2. Radical cation ("hole") mobility and reaction kinetics -- 3.2.3. (Geminate) charge recombination -- 3.2.4. Electron thermalization -- 3.3. Frozen aqueous media -- 3.3.1. Ice -- 3.3.2. Hydrated biopolymers -- 3.4. Inorganic semiconductors -- 3.4.1. Cadmium sulfide -- 3.4.2. Metal oxides -- 3.4.3. Amorphous silicon -- 3.4.4. C60 -- 3.5. Polymers -- 3.5.1. Polyethylene -- 3.5.2. Polydiacetylenes -- 3.5.3. π-bond conjugated polymers -- 3.5.4. σ-bond conjugated polymers -- 3.6. Liquid solutions of conjugated polymers -- 3.7. Discotic liquid crystals -- 4. Future Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 7 Infrared Spectroscopy and Radiation Chemistry Sophie Le Caër, Serge Pin, Jean Philippe Renault, Georges Vigneron and Stanislas Pommeret -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Infrared Spectroscopy -- 2.1. Some definitions -- 2.2. Principle of an infrared spectrometer -- 3. First Coupling of Radiation Chemistry and Infrared Spectroscopy: The Astrophysical Studies on Ice -- 4. Advances in the Understanding of Radiation-Induced Surface Chemistry: The IR-RAS Technique -- 5. Infrared Spectroscopy: A Tool to Characterize the Specificities of Swift Heavy Ions (SHI) Irradiations -- 6. Towards Time-Resolved Experiments: Coupling a LINAC with Infrared Spectroscopy -- 6.1. Kinetics of radiation-induced polymerization -- 6.2. Organometallic chemistry -- 6.3. Towards the characterization of nanomaterials under irradiation -- 6.4. Infrared spectroscopy and radiation biochemistry -- 6.4.1. Study of aquometmyoglobin modifications in buffered solution -- 6.4.2. Study of metmyoglobin modifications in KBr pellet -- 7. Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 8 Chemical Processes in Heavy Ion Tracks Gérard Baldacchino and Yosuke Katsumura -- 1. Introduction.

2. Summary of the Specific Interaction of High Energy Ions with Water -- 3. Determination of Doses, Concentrations and Yields -- 3.1. Some comments concerning the G-value and track segment G-value -- 3.2. Concentration measurement methods -- 3.3. Dose evaluation -- 3.4. Fragmentation for very high energy particles -- 4. Time Dependence, Comments About the Homogeneous Distribution and the Scavenging Time -- 4.1. Track average yields -- 4.2. Track segment yields -- 4.3. G-value dependence of LET and MZ 2/E -- 5. Experimental Results with High LET Particles -- 5.1. The hydrated electron -- 5.2. The hydroxyl radical -- 5.3. The superoxide radical -- 5.4. Molecular species: H2O2 and H2 -- 6. Simulation -- 7. Future -- 7.1. Heavy ion picosecond pulse radiolysis -- 7.2. Influence of chemical and thermodynamic parameters -- 8. A Non-exhaustive List of Facilities Devoted to Radiation Chemistry with Heavy Ion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 9 Radiolysis of Supercritical Water Mingzhang Lin, Yusa Muroya, Gérard Baldacchino and Yosuke Katsumura -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Concepts of Water Radiolysis -- 3. Experimental System and Technical Difficulties -- 4. Measurement of the Yields of Water Decomposition Products -- 4.1. G(e- aq) -- 4.2. {G(e - aq) +G(H) +G(OH)} -- 4.3. G(OH)33 -- 4.4. About G(H) -- 5. Radiation-Induced Reactions and Rate Constants -- 5.1. Reactions with e - aq -- 5.1.1. Ionic reactants -- 5.1.2. Hydrophobic or neutral species -- 5.2. Reactions with OH radical -- 6. Spectral Properties of Transient Species -- 6.1. Hydrated electron -- 6.2. Other transient species -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10 Pulse Radiolysis in Supercritical Krypton and Xenon Fluids Richard Holroyd -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early Processes -- 2.1. Excitation transfer -- 3. Ionic Properties -- 3.1. Theory of electrostriction.

3.2. Experimental evidence of clustering -- 4. Electron Properties -- 4.1. Mobility -- 4.2. Conduction band energy -- 5. Electron Reactions -- 5.1. Electron attachment -- 5.2. Electron attachment/detachment -- 5.3. Energetics -- 6. Charge Transfer Reactions -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 11 Radiation-Induced Processes at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Mats Jonsson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geometrical Dose Distribution -- 3. Effects of Solid-Liquid Interfaces on the Radiation Chemical Yield -- 4. Kinetics of Interfacial Reactions -- 5. Kinetics and Mechanism of UO2 (s) Oxidation -- 6. Relative Impact of Radiolysis Products -- 7. Reactions Between H2O2 and Metal Oxides -- 8. Radiation-Enhanced Reactivity of the Solid Interface -- 9. The Steady-State Approach -- 10. Dissolution of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- References -- Chapter 12 Radiolysis of Water Confined in Nanoporous Materials Raluca Musat, Mohammad Shahdo Alam and Jean Philippe Renault -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Questions Raised by Radiolysis of Confined Water -- 3. Confining Materials and Confined Water -- 3.1. Confining materials -- 3.2. Confined water -- 4. Dosimetry in Nanoporous Media -- 5. Radiolytic Yields Modification by Confinement -- 5.1. Dihydrogen -- 5.2. Hydroxyl radical -- 5.3. Aqueous electron -- 5.4. Hydrogen peroxide -- 6. Kinetics Modification by Confinement -- 7. Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Chapter 13 Metal Clusters and Nanomaterials: Contribution of Radiation Chemistry Hynd Remita and Samy Remita -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Radiation Induced Formation of Metal Clusters and Dose Effect -- 3. Ligand Effect and Size Control of Metal Nanoparticles -- 4. Size-Dependent Properties -- 5. Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesis and Dose Rate Effect -- 5.1. Ag/Pd system -- 5.2. Au/Ag system -- 5.3. Au/Pd system -- 6. Linear Energy Transfer (LET) Effect.

7. Some Applications of Metallic and Bimetallic Nanoparticles.