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Physical Enhancement of the Effectiveness of X-Ray Irradiation

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X-ray Nanochemistry

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Physical enhancement is introduced in this chapter, including the motivation and history behind this new concept. Basic physical principles are presented before the discussion of three types of physical enhancement. The main focus of the chapter is how to design to measure, to recognize and to calculate physical enhancement, when it is possible. Theoretical packages used to simulate physical enhancement are accounted, and to date, physical enhancement is the only one that can be fully predicted using these packages. Publications are reviewed to explain important aspects of physical enhancement. Types 1, 2 and 3 physical enhancement are discussed in separate sections, and literature on these processes is accounted.

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Guo, T. (2018). Physical Enhancement of the Effectiveness of X-Ray Irradiation. In: X-ray Nanochemistry. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78004-7_2

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