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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2012 Sep 14;86(3 Pt 1):031913. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.031913

TABLE II.

Cross section σ (10−14 cm2) to induce a SB in plasmid DNA by 10 and 100 eV electron impact on different film thicknesses h (nm). SE is the standard error.

10 eV
100 eV
h σ h σ
10 3.7 ± 2.1 10 7.1 ± 3.8
15 3.9 ± 2.2 20 7.5 ± 3.8
20 3.7 ± 2.0 30 7.1 ± 3.2
Average ± SE 3.8 ± 1.2 Average ± SE 7.2 ± 2.1