**Preface XIII**





Chapter 17 **Nanostructuring of Material Surfaces by Laser Ablation 431** Cinthya Toro Salazar, María Laura Azcárate and Carlos Alberto Rinaldi

Chapter 8 **Transient Anions in Radiobiology and Radiotherapy: From Gaseous Biomolecules to Condensed Organic and**

Elahe Alizadeh, Sylwia Ptasińska and Léon Sanche

Chapter 9 **Elimination of Potential Pathogenic Microorganisms in Sewage Sludge Using Electron Beam Irradiation 231** Jean Engohang-Ndong and Roberto M. Uribe

**Biomolecular Solids 179**

Chapter 10 **Radiation Effects in Polyamides 249**

Chapter 11 **Ion-Irradiation-Induced Carbon Nanostructures in Optoelectronic Polymer Materials 287** Taras S. Kavetskyy and Andrey L. Stepanov

Chapter 13 **Irradiation Pretreatment of Tropical Biomass and Biofiber for**

Chapter 14 **Ion Bombardment-Induced Surface Effects in Materials 359** Farid F. Umarov and Abdiravuf A. Dzhurakhalov

Chapter 15 **Neutron Irradiation Effects in 5xxx and 6xxx Series Aluminum**

Chapter 16 **A Parallel between Laser Irradiation and Relativistic Electrons**

Mihai Oane, Rareş Victor Medianu and Anca Bucă

Mohd Asyraf Kassim, H.P.S Abdul Khalil, Noor Aziah Serri,

Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad Kassim, Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir,

Chapter 12 **Radiation Effects in Textile Materials 309** Sheila Shahidi and Jakub Wiener

**Biofuel Production 329**

**Section 4 Metallic Materials 357**

Murthy Kolluri

N.A. Sri Aprila and Rudi Dungani

**Alloys: A Literature Review 393**

**Irradiation of Solids 413**

**Section 3 Polymeric Materials 247**

**VI** Contents

Mária Porubská
