Stopping power of mammalian cells for low energy ions

This work investigates the stopping power of V79 cells for low energy ions. An energy equation for the incident ion, E, has been constructed in order to establish the stopping powers of mammalian cell for low energy ion implantation. Based on the biological structure of the mammalian cell, a physical structural model is proposed in which the attached cell is approximately a constringent membrane-water structure, in order to analyze the stopping power of mammalian cells to low energy ions. With this model we have determined the energy deposition, and elementarily estimated the depth of ion implantation in selected Chinese hamster V79 cells.