Water is a radiation protection agent for ionised pyrrole
Melby Johny, Constant A. Schouder, A. F. Al-Refaie, Lanhai He, Joss Wiese, Henrik Stapelfeldt, Sebastian Trippel, Jochen Küpper
Abstract
, we observed a strong protection of the pyrrole ring through the dissociative release of neutral water or by transferring an electron or proton across the hydrogen bond. Overall, a single water molecule strongly reduces the fragmentation probability and thus the persistent radiation damage of singly-ionised pyrrole.
Topics & Concepts
PyrroleRadiationRadiation protectionChemistryPhotochemistryPhysicsNuclear physicsOrganic chemistryNuclear Physics and ApplicationsBoron Compounds in ChemistryRadiation Effects and Dosimetry