Influence of bismuth loading in polystyrene-based plastic scintillators for low energy gamma spectroscopy

This article presents the synthesis and the blend of bismuth complexes in polystyrene based plastic scintillators. A specific design has enabled the fabrication of a scintillator loaded with up to 17 wt% of bismuth. Tri-carboxylate and triaryl bismuth compounds were used to explore and understand th...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices Materials for optical and electronic devices, 2014-09, Vol.2 (35), p.7304-7312
Main Authors: Bertrand, G. H. V., Sguerra, F., Dehé-Pittance, C., Carrel, F., Coulon, R., Normand, S., Barat, E., Dautremer, T., Montagu, T., Hamel, M.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Bismuth
Bismuth compounds
Blends
Chemical Sciences
Criteria
Inorganic chemistry
Instrumentation and Detectors
Nuclear Experiment
Photoelectricity
Physics
Polystyrene resins
Pulse height
Spectra
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Summary:This article presents the synthesis and the blend of bismuth complexes in polystyrene based plastic scintillators. A specific design has enabled the fabrication of a scintillator loaded with up to 17 wt% of bismuth. Tri-carboxylate and triaryl bismuth compounds were used to explore and understand the influence of bismuth loading on the two main criteria of plastic scintillation: light yield and detection efficiency of gamma -rays. For gamma radiation with an energy
ISSN:2050-7526
2050-7534
DOI:10.1039/C4TC00815D