{"term":{"id":"14073","title":"radiation sensitisation","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - radiation sensitisation","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.14073","code":"14073","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: radiosensitisation","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Chemical change or physical process occurring in one entity (e.g., biological molecules, cells, and living organisms) as a result of initial absorption of high-energy radiation by the medium in the presence of another entity called the radiation sensitiser.","notes":{"1":"High-energy radiation is absorbed usually nonspecifically in the medium (e.g., solvent) and all chemical reactions arise from the products of this primary energy absorption."},"links":[{"term":"radiation sensitiser","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/14074"}],"sources":["PAC, 2011, 83, 931. 'Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiation catalysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 982 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-09-09-36)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14073\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14073\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14073\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'radiation sensitisation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.14073","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-20T14:30:25+00:00"}}