ch. 1. Introduction / A. Mozumder and Y. Hatano -- ch. 2. Interaction of fast charged particles with matter / A. Mozumder -- ch. 3. Ionization and secondary electron production by fast charged particles / Larry A. Toburen -- ch. 4. Modeling of physiochemical and chemical processes in the interactions of fast charged particles with matter / Simon M. Pimblott and A. Mozumder -- ch. 5. Interaction of photons with molecules : photoabsorption, photoionization, and photodissociation cross sections / Noriyuki Kouchi and Y. Hatano -- ch. 6. Reactions of low-energy electrons, ions, excited atoms and molecules, and free radicals in the gas phase as studied by pulse radiolysis methods / Masatoshi Ukai and Y. Hatano -- ch. 7. Studies of solvation using electrons and anions in alcohol solutions / Charles D. Jonah -- ch. 8. Electrons in nonpolar liquids / Richard A. Holroyd -- ch. 9. Interactions of low-energy electrons with atomic and molecular solids / Andrew D. Bass and Ln Sanche -- ch. 10. Electron-ion recombination in condensed matter : geminate and bulk recombination processes / Mariusz Wojcik. [et al.] -- ch. 11. Radical ions in liquids / Ilya A. Shkrob and Myran C. Sauer, Jr. -- ch. 12. The radiation chemistry of liquid water : principles and applications / G.V. Buxton -- ch. 13. Photochemistry and radiation chemistry of liquid alkanes : formation and decay of low-energy excited states / L. Wojnarovits -- ch. 14. Radiation chemical effects of heavy ions / Jay A. LaVerne -- ch. 15. DNA damage dictates the biological consequences of ionizing irradiation : the chemical pathways / William A. Bernhard and David M. Close -- ch. 16. Photon-induced biological consequences / Katsumi Kobayashi -- ch. 17. Track structure studies of biological systems / Hooshang Nikjoo and Shuzo Uehara -- ch. 18. Microdosimetry and its medical applications / Marco Zaider and John F. Dicello -- ch. 19. Charged particle and photon-induced reactions in polymers / S. Tagawa, S. Seki, and T. Kozawa -- ch. 20. Charged particle and photon interactions in metal clusters and photographic system studies / Jacqueline Belloni and Mehran Mostafavi -- ch. 21. Application of radiation chemical reactions to the molecular design of functional organic materials / Tsuneki Ichikawa -- ch. 22. Applications to reaction mechanism studies of organic systems / Tetsuro Majima -- ch. 23. Application of radiation chemistry to nuclear technology / Yosuke Katsumura -- ch. 24. Electron beam applications to flue gas treatment / Hideki Namba -- ch. 25. Ion-beam therapy : rationale, achievements, and expectations / Andre Wambersie. [et al.] -- ch. 26. Food irradiation / Jozsef Farkas -- ch. 27. New applications of ion beams to material, space, and biological science and engineering / Mitsuhiro Fukuda. [et al.].