Fast Neutron Imaging with Semiconductor Nanocrystal Scintillators
Kyle M. McCall, Kostiantyn Sakhatskyi, Eberhard Lehmann, B. Walfort, Adrian Losko, Federico Montanarella, Maryna I. Bodnarchuk, Franziska Krieg, Yusuf Keleştemur, David Mannes, Yevhen Shynkarenko, Sergii Yakunin, Maksym V. Kovalenko
Abstract
is 30.4% of that of ZnS:Cu(PP). Concentration and thickness-dependent measurements highlight the importance of increasing concentrations and reducing self-absorption, yielding design principles to optimize and foster an era of NC-based scintillators for fast neutron imaging.
Topics & Concepts
ScintillatorMaterials scienceNeutronNeutron detectionNeutron imagingScintillationRadioluminescenceNeutron reflectometryNeutron temperatureNeutron scatteringAfterglowRecoilOpticsOptoelectronicsSmall-angle neutron scatteringNuclear physicsPhysicsDetectorAstronomyGamma-ray burstRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesNuclear Physics and ApplicationsLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials