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1 online resource (647 pages) |
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Topics in applied physics ; v. 140 |
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Topics in applied physics ; v. 140.
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| Contents |
880-01 Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Materials -- 1 Introduction-Overview on Plastic and Inorganic Scintillators -- 1.1 History of Scintillators -- 1.2 Plastic Scintillator Chemists -- 1.3 The Scintillation Process in Plastics and Inorganic Materials/Crystals -- 1.4 Typical Preparation Process and Size Possibilities -- 1.5 Main Parameters and Tools for Modification or Improvement -- 1.5.1 Light Yield -- 1.5.2 Decay Time -- 1.5.3 Emission Wavelength -- 1.5.4 Behavior Against External Environment -- 1.5.5 Effective Atomic Number and Density |
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880-01/(S 2.4 Commercialization and Further Directions of Studies -- References -- 3 The Detection of Slow Neutrons -- 3.1 Slow Neutrons: Essential Features -- 3.1.1 The Definition of Slow Neutrons -- 3.1.2 The Origins of Slow Neutrons -- 3.2 Nuclear Reactions of Interest in Slow Neutron Detection -- 3.2.1 Natural Abundance, Reaction Cross Section, Q-Value, and Typology of Reaction Products -- 3.2.2 Main Nuclear Reactions of Interest -- 3.2.3 Size of the Scintillator: Slow Neutron Mean Free Path and the Interaction of Reaction Products -- 3.3 Detection of Reaction Products and n/γ Discrimination |
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1.6 Summary -- References -- 2 Neutron/Gamma Pulse Shape Discrimination in Plastics Scintillators: From Development to Commercialization -- 2.1 Physical Basis for Neutron/Gamma Discrimination in Organic Scintillators -- 2.2 Plastic Scintillators with Efficient Fast Neutron/Gamma Discrimination -- 2.2.1 PPO-Based PSD Plastics -- 2.2.2 PSD Plastics Utilizing Alternative Dyes and Dye Mixtures -- 2.3 PSD Plastics for Combined Detection of Fast and Thermal Neutrons -- 2.3.1 10B-loaded PSD Plastic Scintillators -- 2.3.2 6Li-loaded PSD Plastic Scintillators |
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3.3.1 Background Radiation -- 3.3.2 Pulse Height Discrimination -- 3.3.3 Pulse Shape Discrimination -- 3.3.4 Compensated Detectors -- 3.3.5 Multiplicity-Gated Detection -- 3.3.6 Capture-Gated Detection -- 3.4 Figures of Merit for Slow Neutron Detectors -- 3.4.1 Figures of Merit About the Response to Neutrons -- 3.4.2 Figures of Merit About the Response to Gamma Rays -- 3.4.3 Figures of Merit About the Response to Neutron Against the Response to Gamma Rays -- 3.5 Incorporation of Neutron Converters into Plastic Scintillator-Based Detectors -- 3.5.1 Homogeneous Incorporation |
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3.5.2 Heterogeneous Incorporation -- 3.6 Applications of Plastic Scintillators to the Detection of Slow Neutrons -- 3.6.1 Homeland Security -- 3.6.2 Neutron Flux Monitoring and Source Characterization -- 3.6.3 Reactor Antineutrino Experiments, Surveillance, and Monitoring -- References -- 4 Chemical Approach on Organometallic Loading in Plastic Scintillators and Its Applications -- 4.1 Introduction/Context -- 4.1.1 Plastic Scintillation -- 4.1.2 Frame of This Chapter -- 4.1.3 Properties Optimization -- 4.1.4 Chemical Design and Material Science, What the Loading Implies |
| Summary |
This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 21st century. The book presents contributions from various researchers on broad aspects of plastic scintillators, from physics, chemistry, materials science and applications, covering topics such as the chemical nature of the polymer and/or the fluorophores, modification of the photophysical properties (decay time, emission wavelength) and loading of additives to make the material more sensitive to, e.g., fast neutrons, thermal neutrons or gamma rays. It also describes the benefits of recent technological advances for plastic scintillators, such as nanomaterials and quantum dots, which allow features that were previously not achievable with regular organic molecules or organometallics |
| Notes |
4.1.5 Organization of This Chapter: Application Driven |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
Scintillators.
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Scintillators
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamel, Matthieu, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030734886 |
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3030734889 |
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