Table 4.
Physical processes from the Geant4-Penelope model induced in mono- and bimetallic NPs activated by Cobalt-60 γ-rays and the corresponding electron secondary spectrum. The simulation steps of 3 × 108 were used to produce the output results.
| Physical Process | Monometallic Aucore/Aushell |
Bimetallic Aucore/Ptshell |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic ionization from electrons | 191 | 204 |
| Direct electron impact ionization from electrons | 50 | 59 |
| Multi Coulomb scattering from electrons | 4,874,768 | 5,008,513 |
| Compton scattering from photons | 35 | 36 |
| Photoelectric effect from photons | 9 | 7 |
| Total | 4,875,053 | 5,008,819 |