ch. 1. Introduction / Yoshihiko Hatano, Yosuke Katsumura and Asokendu Mozumder -- ch. 2. Oscillator strength distribution of molecules in the gas phase in the vacuum ultraviolet range and dynamics of singly inner-valence excited and multiply excited states as superexcited states / Takeshi Odagiri and Noriyuki Kouchi -- ch. 3. Electron collisions with molecules in the gas phase / Hiroshi Tanaka and Yukikazu Itikawa -- ch. 4. Time-dependent density-functional theory for oscillator strength distribution / Kazuhiro Yabana ... [et al.] -- ch. 5. Generalized oscillator strength distribution of liquid water / Hisashi Hayashi and Yasuo Udagawa -- ch. 6. New directions in W-value studies / Isao H. Suzuki -- ch. 7. Positron annihilation in radiation chemistry / Tetsuya Hirade -- ch. 8. Muon interactions with matter / Khashayar Ghandi and Yasuhiro Miyake -- ch. 9. Electron localization and trapping in hydrocarbon liquids / Gordon L. Hug and Asokendu Mozumder -- ch. 10. Reactivity of radical cations in nonpolar condensed matter / Ortwin Brede and Sergej Naumov -- ch. 11. Radiation chemistry and photochemistry of ionic liquids -- ch. 12. Time-resolved study on nonhomogeneous chemistry induced by ionizing radiation with low linear energy transfer in water and polar solvents at room temperature / Vincent De Waele, Isabelle Lampre, and Mehran Mostafavi -- ch. 13. Radiation chemistry of liquid water with heavy ions : steady-state and pulse radiolysis studies / Shinichi Tamashita ... [et al.] -- ch. 14. Radiation chemistry of liquid water with heavy ions : Monte Carlo simulation studies / Jintana Messungnoen and Jean-Paul Jay-Gerin -- ch. 15. Radiation chemistry of high temperature and supercritical water and alcohols / Mingzhang Lin and Yosuke Katsumura -- ch. 16. Radiation chemistry of water with ceramic oxides / Jay A. LaVerne -- ch. 17. Ionization of solute molecules at the liquid water surface, interfaces, and self-assembled systems / Akira Harata, Miki Sato and Toshio Ishioka -- ch. 18. Low-energy electron-stimulated reactions in nanoscale water films and water-DNA interfaces / Gregory A. Grieves, Jason L. McLain and Thomas M. Orlando --

ch. 19. Physicochemical mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage / David Becker, Amitava Adhikary and Michael D. Sevilla -- ch. 20. Spectroscopic study of radiation-induced DNA lesions and their susceptibility to enzymatic repair / Akinari Yokoya ... [et al.] -- ch. 21. Application of microbeams to the study of the biological effects of low dose irradiation / Kevin M. Prise and Giuseppe Schettino -- ch. 22. Redox reactions of antioxidants : contributions from radiation chemistry of aqueous solutions / K. Indira Priyadarsini -- ch. 23. Computational human phantoms and their applications to radiation dosimetry / Kimiaki Saito -- ch. 24. Cancer therapy with heavy-ion beams / Koji Noda and Tadashi Kamada -- ch. 26. Radiation chemistry of resist materials and processes in lithography / Takahiro Kozawa and Seiichi Tagawa -- ch. 27. Radiation processing of polymers and its applications / Masao Tamada and Yasunari Maekawa -- ch. 28. UV molecular spectroscopy from electron impact for applications to planetary atmospheres and astrophysics / Joseph M. Ajello, Rao S. Mangina and Robert R. Meier -- ch. 29. Chemical evolution on interstellar grains at low temperatures / Kenzo Hiraoka -- ch. 30. Radiation effects on semiconductors and polymers for space applications / Takeshie Ohshima, Shinobu Onoda, and Yugo Kimoto -- ch. 31. Applications of rare gas liquids to radiation detectors / Satoshi Suzuki and Akira Hitachi -- ch. 32. Applications of ionizing radiation to environmental conservation / Koichi Hirota -- ch. 33. Applications to biotechnology : ion-beam breeding of plants / Atsushi Tanaka and Yoshihiro Hase -- ch. 34. Radiation chemisty in nuclear engineering / Junichi Takagi ... [et al.].