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Low-energy electron therapy

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The fabrication of a self-sustaining source of low-energy electrons in a single-atom layer could help unravel fundamental mechanisms of radiobiological damage and lead to improved cancer therapies.

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Figure 1: Production of an Auger electron and source emission characteristics.

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  1. Léon Sanche is in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculté de médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada,

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Sanche, L. Low-energy electron therapy. Nature Mater 14, 861–863 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4333

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