Monte-Carlo 'step-by-step' simulation of the early stages of liquid water radiolysis: 3D visualization of the initial radiation track structure and its subsequent chemical development

摘要

As polymer gel dosimeters consist basically of a hydrogel in which monomers are dissolved and in view of their potential use as 3D dosimeters in radiotherapy, we believe that our simulations could play a useful role in the development of our knowledge of the underlying physical and chemical processes that take place in those systems upon irradiation, and in the optimization of their chemical composition in terms of both dose and spatial accuracy.