====== Research group ====== ===== Interaction of fast charged particles with condensed matter ===== [[research|{{ :background_ibct_figure_cropped.png?700 |}}]] We develop the research line in **theory and simulation of the interaction of radiation with matter** within the **"Condensed Matter"** group of the Department of Physics of University of Murcia. The interaction of fast particles with condensed matter has both basic and applied interest, in order to know, analyse and/or modify the structure of matter. Among the **topics** we have studied, the most outstanding and recent are the following: * differences in the energy loss by atomic or molecular ions (so called vicinage effects); * energy delivered by swift proton beams to biological targets (related to hadron therapy); * generation and transport of electrons by proton beams in materials of microelectronic or biological interest (related to ion beam lithography and radiotherapy). **Former and current collaborations:**{{ :revista_d0cp04951d_final_25_01_21_-_copia.jpg?450|}} * Centro Atómico Bariloche * European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) * Universitat d'Alacant * University of Ioannina * Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María * Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul In the last years, we are particularly interested in the **interaction of radiation with biological media**, for the purposes of radiation therapy of cancer, by means of techniques such as hadrontherapy or targetted radionuclide therapy. We currently lead the [[ResearchGroup#Current Projects|projects]] entitled **Nanoscale Biodamage induced by Swift Ions: towards a detailed Modelling and Simulation** (Ministry of Science and Innovation) and **Charged Particles against Cancer: Detailed Simulations for Better Use** (Séneca Foundation). ===== Group members ===== [[https://webs.um.es/rgm/miwiki/doku.php?id=inicio|{{rafael-garcia-molina.png?nolink&150 |}}]] ==== Rafael Garcia-Molina ==== [[https://webs.um.es/rgm/miwiki/doku.php?id=inicio|Rafael's personal web page]] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ [[https://observatorio-cientifico.ua.es/investigadores/360338/detalle|{{isabel_abril_premio_fisica_2024.png?nolink&130 |}}]] ==== Isabel Abril ==== [[https://observatorio-cientifico.ua.es/investigadores/360338/detalle|Isabel's personal web page]] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/doku.php?id=inicio|{{Pablo de Vera.png?nolink&150 |}}]] ==== Pablo de Vera ==== [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/doku.php?id=inicio|Pablo's personal web page]] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ===== Current projects ===== ==== Nanoscale Biodamage induced by Swift Ions: towards a detailed Modelling and Simulation (PID2021-122866NB-I00) ==== === Projects for Knowledge Generation === === Ministry of Science and Innovation (2022-2025) === == Principal Investigators: == Pablo de Vera and Rafael Garcia-Molina {{ :logos.png?nolink&350|}} == Funding: == €42,350 ==== Energetic Particles Against Cancer: Detailed Simulations For A Better Use (22081/PI/22) ==== === Grants for scientific and technical research projects by competitive groups === === Séneca Foundation, Region of Murcia (2023-2025) === == Principal Investigators: == Pablo de Vera and Rafael Garcia-Molina {{ :logo_seneca.png?nolink&350|}} == Funding: == €33,220 ===== Recent publications ===== ==== 2024 ==== Fan Cheng, Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Assessing the electronic excitation spectra of chromium, palladium and samarium from their stopping quantities** //Physical Review B// **110**, 235134 (2024). [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02370|arXiv preprint (Accepted version)]] [[https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.235134|Publisher's version]] ---- Ana María Zamora-Vinaroz, Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Simulation of depth-dose curves and water equivalent ratios of energetic proton beams in cortical bone** //Physical Review E// **110**, 034405 (2024). [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16667|arXiv preprint (Accepted version)]] [[https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.034405|Publisher's version]] ==== 2023 ==== M. Dapor, R. Garcia-Molina, P. E. Trevisanutto, Z. Ding, S. Taioli **Editorial: Methodological and computational developments for modeling the transport of particles within materials** //Frontiers in Materials// (Sec. Computational Materials Science) **10**, 1302000 (2023). [[https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2023.1302000|Publisher's version (Open Access PDF)]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Electronic cross section, stopping power and energy-loss straggling of metals for swift protons, alpha particles and electrons** //Frontiers in Materials// (Sec. Computational Materials Science) **10**, 1249517 (2023). [[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmats.2023.1249517/full|Publisher's version (Open Access PDF)]] ==== 2022 ==== Pablo de Vera, Simone Taioli, Paolo E. Trevisanutto, Maurizio Dapor, Isabel Abril, Stefano Simonucci, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Energy Deposition around Swift Carbon-Ion Tracks in Liquid Water** //International Journal of Molecular Sciences// **23**, 6121 (2022). [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ijms-23-06121-v3.pdf|Open access PDF]] [[https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/11/6121|Publisher's version]] ---- Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Calculated energy loss of swift light ions in platinum and gold: importance of the target electronic excitation spectrum** //Journal of Physics: Conference Series// **2326**, 012016 (2022). [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2326/1/012016|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Stefano Simonucci, Paolo E. Trevisanutto, Isabel Abril, Maurizio Dapor, Simone Taioli, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Simulating the nanometric track-structure of carbon ion beams in liquid water at energies relevant for hadrontherapy** //Journal of Physics: Conference Series// **2326**, 012017 (2022). [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2326/1/012017|Publisher's version]] ==== 2021 ==== Simone Taioli, Paolo E. Trevisanutto, Pablo de Vera, Stefano Simonucci, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Maurizio Dapor **Relative Role of Physical Mechanisms on Complex Biodamage Induced by Carbon Irradiation** //The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters// **12**, 487 (2021). [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ijms-23-06121-v3.pdf|Open access PDF]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=jz0c03250_si_001.pdf|Supplementary material]] [[https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03250|Publisher's version]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=jz0c03250_high_quality.mp4|ACS LiveSlides]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Excitation and ionisation cross-sections in condensed-phase biomaterials by electrons down to very low energy: application to liquid water and genetic building blocks** //Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics// **23**, 5079-5095 (2021). [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=de_vera_abril_garcia-molina_-_2021_-_phys._chem._chem._phys_3_.pdf|Open access PDF]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=de_vera_abril_garcia-molina_-_2021_-_phys._chem._chem._phys_2_.pdf|Electronic Supplementary Information PDF]] [[https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/CP/D0CP04951D#!divAbstract|Publisher's version]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pccp_back_cover.pdf|Featured in journal's back cover]] [[https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=cp&themeid=e0cf3c47-e219-497a-b1e5-92b065c2d196|Featured in "2021 PCCP Hot Articles" list]] ---- Andrea Pedrielli, Pablo de Vera, Paolo E. Trevisanutto, Nicola M. Pugno, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Simone Taioli, Maurizio Dapor **Electronic excitation spectra of cerium oxides: from ab initio dielectric response functions to Monte Carlo electron transport simulations** //Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics// **23**, 19173–19187 (2021). [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pedrielli_et_al._-_2021_-_physical_chemistry_chemical_physics.pdf|Open access PDF]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=d1cp01810h1.pdf|Electronic Supplementary Information PDF]] [[https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/CP/D1CP01810H|Publisher's version]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ceria_back_cover.pdf|Featured in journal's back cover]] ---- Yannick Fortouna, Pablo de Vera, Alexey Verkhovtsev, Andrey V. Solov’yov **Molecular dynamics simulations of sodium nanoparticle deposition on magnesium oxide** //Theoretical Chemistry Accounts// **140**, 84 (2021). [[https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00214-021-02780-7?sharing_token=YkdDcKLwleCa7U3gvvPV2ve4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5bu3pv9iv1Zq5tm5JyQbZbWQWTvNu4JsSNucHrzVclDCFfjDw5qbuINbM29NciEkiGRnyS4QroWzdwzccpQ_0utKpEISoImw51Ux9yw_96Pf6MXSozHMsLU4bOlKKXdGk=|Publisher's version (free to read)]] ==== 2020 ==== Pablo de Vera, Martina Azzolini, Gennady Sushko, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia‑Molina, Maurizio Dapor, Ilia A. Solov’yov, Andrey V. Solov’yov **Multiscale simulation of the focused electron beam induced deposition process** //Scientific Reports// **10**, 20827 (2020). [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=de_vera_et_al._-_2020_-_scientific_reports.pdf|Open access PDF]] [[https://webs.um.es/pablo.vera/miwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=de_vera_et_al._-_2020_-_scientific_reports_2_.pdf|Supplementary information PDF]] [[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77120-z|Publisher's version]] ==== 2019 ==== J. E. Valdés, C. Celedón, M. Mery, J. D. Uribe, R. Segura, N. R. Arista, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, Energy loss of H+ and H2+ beams in carbon nanotubes: a joint experimental and simulation study, European Physical Journal D 73 (2019) 201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2019-100106-2 ---- Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia‑Molina **Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths in Condensed Matter Down to a Few Electronvolts** //Journal of Physical Chemistry C// **123**, 2075 (2019). [[https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b10832|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Andrey V. Solov'yov **The role of shock waves on the biodamage induced by ion beam radiation** //Cancer Nanotechnology// **10**, 5 (2019). [[https://cancer-nano.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12645-019-0050-3|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril **Simulation of the energy spectra of swift light ion beams after traversing cylindrical targets: A consistent interpretation of experimental data relevant for hadron therapy** //European Physical Journal D// **73**, 209 (2019). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2019-100083-4|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Alexey Verkhovtsev, Gennady Sushko, Andrey V. Solov'yov **Reactive molecular dynamics simulations of organometallic compound W(CO)6 fragmentation** //European Physical Journal D// **73**, 215 (2019). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2019-100232-9|Publisher's version]] ==== 2018 ==== J. D. Uribe, M. Mery, B. Fierro, R. Cardoso-Gil, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, J. E. Valdés, V. A. Esaulov, Proton energy loss in multilayer graphene and carbon nanotubes, Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 173 (2018) 93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2018.1442464 ---- Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia Molina **Energy spectra of protons and generated secondary electrons around the Bragg peak in materials of interest in hadron therapy** //Radiation Research// **190**, 282 (2018). [[https://bioone.org/journals/radiation-research/volume-190/issue-3/RR14988.1/Energy-Spectra-of-Protons-and-Generated-Secondary-Electrons-around-the/10.1667/RR14988.1.short|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Nigel J. Mason, Fred J. Currell, Andrey V. Solov'yov **Simulation of the ion-induced shock-wave effects on the transport of chemically reactive species in ion tracks** //European Physical Journal D// **72**, 147 (2018). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2018-90167-x|Publisher's version]] ---- Kaspar Haume, Pablo de Vera, Alexey V. Verkhovtsev, Eugene Surdutovich, Nigel J. Mason, Andrey V. Solov'yov **Transport of secondary electrons through coatings of ion-irradiated metallic nanoparticles** //European Physical Journal D// **72**, 116 (2018). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2018-90050-x|Publisher's version]] ==== 2017 ==== J. J. Esteve-Paredes, J. E. Valdés, J. Sánchez-Claros, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, Simulation of the energy loss of proton beams interacting with few layer graphene foils, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 875 (2017) 112007. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/875/12/112007 ---- D. Emfietzoglou, I. Kyriakou, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, Inelastic mean free path of low-energy electrons in condensed media: Beyond the standard models, Surface and Interface Analysis 49 (2017) 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.5947 ---- R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, I. Kyriakou, D. Emfietzoglou, Inelastic scattering and energy-loss of swift electron beams in relevant biological materials, Surface and Interface Analysis 49 (2017) 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.5878 ---- Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Nigel J Mason, Andrey V Solov'yov **Radial doses around energetic ion tracks and the onset of shock waves on the nanoscale** //European Physical Journal D// **71**, 281 (2017). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80176-8|Publisher's version]] ---- Maurizio Dapor, Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia Molina **Energy deposition around swift proton tracks in polymethylmethacrylate: How much and how far** //Physical Review B// **96**, 064113 (2017). [[https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.064113|Publisher's version]] ---- Rafael Garcia-Molina, Maurizio Dapor, Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril **Energy deposition around swift proton and carbon ion tracks in biomaterials** //Journal of Physics: Conference Series// **875**, 112006 (2017). [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/875/12/112006/meta|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril **Propagation of Swift Protons in Liquid Water and Generation of Secondary Electrons in Biomaterials** //Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy// pp. 61–-98 (2017). [[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-43030-0_2|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Nigel J Mason, Eugene Surdutovich, Andrey V Solov’yov **Thermo-Mechanical Damage of Biomolecules Under Ion-Beam Radiation** //Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy// pp. 339--357 (2017). [[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-43030-0_10|Publisher's version]] ---- M Bolsa Ferruz, Vladimir Ivošev, Kaspar Haume, Lilian Ellis-Gibbings, Ali Traore, Vivek Thakare, Soraia Rosa, Pablo de Vera, V-L Tran, Arkadiusz Mika, Daria Boscolo, Sophie Grellet, Alexey Verkhovtsev, Bernd A Huber, Karl T Butterworth, Kevin M Prise, Frederick J Currell, Nigel J Mason, Jon Golding, Emanuele Scifoni, Gustavo García, Frédéric Boschetti, F Lux, O Tillement, Cédric Louis, Kurt Stokbro, Andrey V Solov’yov, Sandrine Lacombe **New Research in Ionizing Radiation and Nanoparticles: The ARGENT Project** //Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy// pp. 379--434 (2017). [[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-43030-0_12|Publisher's version]] ==== 2016 ==== Mingjie Wang, Benedikt Rudek, Daniel Bennett, Pablo de Vera, Marion Bug, Ticia Buhr, Woon Y Baek, Gerard Hilgers, Hans Rabus **Cross sections for ionization of tetrahydrofuran by protons at energies between 300 and 3000 keV** //Physical Review A// **93**, 052711 (2016). [[https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.052711|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Nigel J Mason, Fred J Currell, Andrey V Solov'yov **Molecular dynamics study of accelerated ion-induced shock waves in biological media** //European Physical Journal D// **70**, 183 (2016). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2016-70281-7|Publisher's version]] ==== 2015 ==== R. Garcia-Molina, Book Review - Peter Sigmund, Particle Penetration and Radiation Effects, Volume 2: Penetration of Atomic and Molecular Ions, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 344 (2015) 50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2014.12.017 ---- R. C. Fadanelli, M. Behar, L. C. C. M. Nagamine, M. Vos, N. R. Arista, C. D. Nascimento, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, Energy loss function of solids assessed by ion beam energy-loss measurements: Practical application to Ta2O5, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 20561. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04292 ---- Pablo de Vera*, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril **Angular and Energy Distributions of Electrons Produced in Arbitrary Biomaterials by Proton Impact** //Physical Review Letters// **114**, 018101 (2015). [[https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018101|Publisher's version]] ---- Maurizio Dapor, Isabel Abril*, Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Simulation of the secondary electrons energy deposition produced by proton beams in PMMA: influence of the target electronic excitation description** //The European Physical Journal D// **69**, 165 (2015). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2015-60123-7|Publisher's version]] ---- Isabel Abril*, Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Ioanna Kyriakou, Dimitris Emfietzoglou **Lateral spread of dose distribution by therapeutic proton beams in liquid water** //Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B// **352**, 176-180 (2015). [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168583X14010015?via%3Dihub|Publisher's version]] ---- Alexey Verkhovtsev*, Sally McKinnon, Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Susanna Guatelli, Andrei V. Korol, Anatoly Rosenfeld, Andrey V. Solov’yov **Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium** //European Physical Journal D// **69**, 116 (2015). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2015-50908-y|Publisher's version]] ==== 2014 ==== S. P. Limandri, R. C. Fadanelli, M. Behar, L. C. C. M. Nagamine, J. M. Fernández-Varea, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, C. C. Montanari, J. C. Aguiar, D. Mitnik, J. E. Miraglia, N. R. Arista, Stopping cross sections of TiO2 for H and He ions, European Physical Journal D 68 (2014) 194. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-40782-6 ---- Pablo de Vera, Eugene Surdutovich, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Andrey V. Solov’yov **Analytical model of ionization and energy deposition by proton beams in subcellular compartments** //The European Physical Journal D// **68**, 96 (2014). [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50041-7|Publisher's version]] ---- Silvina Limandri, Pablo de Vera, Raul C. Fadanelli, Luiz C. C. M. Nagamine, Alexandre Mello, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Moni Behar, Isabel Abril **Energy deposition of H and He ion beams in hydroxyapatite films: A study with implications for ion-beam cancer therapy** //Physical Review E// **89**, 022703 (2014). [[https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.022703|Publisher's version]] ---- Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera, Ioanna Kyriakou, Dimitris Emfietzoglou **A study of the energy deposition profile of proton beams in materials of hadron therapeutic interest** //Applied Radiation and Isotopes// **83**, 109 (2014). [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804313000079|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina **Water equivalent properties of materials commonly used in proton dosimetry** //Applied Radiation and Isotopes// **83**, 122 (2014). [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804313000249|Publisher's version]] ==== 2013 ==== C. D. Archubi, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, N. R. Arista, Barkas effect in the stopping power for ions with different ionization degrees, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 316 (2013) 88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.08. 034 ---- J. E. Valdés, C. Celedón, R. Segura, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, C. D. Denton, N. R. Arista, P. Vargas, Energy loss distribution of proton beams at normal incidence on multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Carbon 52 (2013) 137. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.09.014 (PDF) ---- D. Emfietzoglou, I. Kyriakou, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, H. Nikjoo, Inelastic cross sections for low-energy electrons in liquid water: exchange and correlation effects, Radiation Research 180 (2013) 499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1667/RR13362.1 ---- D. Emfietzoglou, I. Kyriakou, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, The effect of static many-body local-field corrections to inelastic electron scattering in condensed media, Journal of Applied Physics 114 (2013) 144907. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824541 (Erratum, Journal of Applied Physics 115 (2014) 139901. DOI: 10.1063/1.4870452) ---- Pablo de Vera, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Andrey V Solov’yov **Semiempirical Model for the Ion Impact Ionization of Complex Biological Media** //Physical Review Letters// **110**, 148104 (2013). [[https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.148104|Publisher's version]] ---- Pablo de Vera, Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Andrey V Solov'yov **Ionization of biomolecular targets by ion impact: input data for radiobiological applications** // Journal of Physics: Conference Series// **438**, 012015 (2013). [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/438/1/012015/meta|Publisher's version]] ---- Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera, Helmut Paul **Comments on recent measurements of the stopping power of liquid water** //Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B// **299**, 51 (2013). [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X13001857|Publisher's version]] ---- Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Pablo de Vera, Ioanna Kyriakou, Dimitris Emfietzoglou **Proton Beam Irradiation of Liquid Water: A Combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation Study of the Bragg Peak Profile** //Fast Ion-Atom and Ion-Molecule Collisions// **Vol. 1**, pp. 271--304 (2013). [[https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814407137_0008|Publisher's version]] ---- Isabel Abril, Rafael Garcia-Molina, Pablo de Vera, Ioanna Kyriakou, Dimitris Emfietzoglou **Inelastic Collisions of Energetic Protons in Biological Media** //Advances in Quantum Chemistry// **65**, 129 (2013). [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780123964557000066|Publisher's version]] ==== 2012 ==== R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, P. de Vera, I. Kyriakou, D. Emfietzoglou, Proton beam irradiation of liquid water: A combined Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation study of the Bragg peak profile, Cap. 8 (pp. 271-304) in Fast ion-atom and ion-molecule collisions, Interdisciplinary research on Particle Collisions and Quantitative Spectroscopy, ed. Dz. Belkic (World Scientific Review Volume, 2012). ISBN: 978-981-4407-12-0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814407137_0008 ---- R. M. Behar, R. C. Fadanelli, L. C. C. M. Nagamine, E. D. Cantero, G. H. Lantschner, J. C. Eckardt, N. R. Arista, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, Electronic stopping cross sections for protons in Al2O3: an experimental and theoretical study, European Physical Journal D 66 (2012) 247. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-30364-1 (PDF) ---- D. Emfietzoglou, I. Kyriakou, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, K. Kostarelos, Quasi first-principles Monte Carlo modeling of energy dissipation by low-energy electron beams in multi-walled carbon nanotube materials, Applied Physics Letters 100 (2012) 093113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3688307 (PDF) ---- R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, I. Kyriakou, D. Emfietzoglou, Energy loss of swift protons in liquid water: Role of optical data input and extension algorithms, Ch. 15 (pp. 239-261) in Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems, Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, eds. G. G. Gómez-Tejedor, M. C. Fuss (Springer, 2012). ISBN 978-94-007-2563-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2564-5_15 ---- D. Emfietzoglou, I. Kyriakou, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina and H. Nikjoo, Inelastic scattering of low-energy electrons in liquid water computed from optical-data models of the Bethe surface, International Journal of Radiation Biology 88 (2012) 22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09553002.2011.588061 (PDF) ---- Rafael Garcia-Molina, Isabel Abril, Pablo De Vera, Ioanna Kyriakou, Dimitris Emfietzoglou **Role of the interaction processes in the depth-dose distribution of proton beams in liquid water** //Journal of Physics: Conference Series// **373**, 012015 (2012). [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/373/1/012015/meta|Publisher's version]] ==== 2011 ==== M. Behar, R. C. Fadanelli, I. Abril, R. Garcia-Molina, L. C. C. Nagamine, Energy-loss straggling study of proton and alpha-particle beams incident onto ZrO2 and Al2O3 films, European Physical Journal D 64 (2011) 297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20352-4 (PDF) ---- R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, S. Heredia-Avalos, I. Kyriakou, D. Emfietzoglou, A combined molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation of the spatial distribution of energy deposition by proton beams in liquid water, Physics in Medicine and Biology 56 (2011) 6457. 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