“…Following on these experiments we developed a thinning process of PADC films to reduce the thickness to less than 3 µm, with a precise and accurate estimation of their thickness [ 15 ]. Thanks to this new material, off-line measurements of protons and heavy ions (He, C, Ne, Ar, Fe, Kr and Xe) were made, covering the stopping powers ranging from 1.2 to 12,000 eV/nm [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ], as well as low- LET radiations [ 20 , 21 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. As a reference, effects on exposure to ultraviolet (UV) photons with a wavelength of 222 nm were also executed [ 27 ].…”