Manufacturing and characterization of a boron-loaded fast-cured plastic organic scintillator

A novel fast-cured, boron-loaded, plastic organic scintillator was developed and characterized. A diisopropylnaphthalene-containing scintillator was manufactured in minutes with the addition of two commercially available fast-curing monomers, isobornyl acrylate (IBOA) and 1,6-Hexanediol dimethacryla...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2023-11, Vol.1056 (C), p.168602, Article 168602
Main Authors: Doležal, Tyler D., Manfredi, Juan J., Frandsen, Brian G., Bevins, James E., Gautam, Connor, Stephens, Theodore W., Ruland, Thomas, Febbraro, Michael T.
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Neutron detector
Organic scintillator
Photo-cured scintillator
Plastic scintillator
Pulse shape discrimination
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description A novel fast-cured, boron-loaded, plastic organic scintillator was developed and characterized. A diisopropylnaphthalene-containing scintillator was manufactured in minutes with the addition of two commercially available fast-curing monomers, isobornyl acrylate (IBOA) and 1,6-Hexanediol dimethacrylate (HDDMA). The light yield of the device was measured to be approximately 70% relative to a similarly sized, but several-year-aged, EJ-276 detector. Using a coincidence capture technique, the neutron capture light output was found to be 87.7 ± 4.2 keVee, which was 1.47 ± 0.07 greater than the light output from a 59.5 keV electron. Producing a viable fast-cured and thermal-neutron-sensitive detector enables the capability to pursue cost-effective 3D printed thermal neutron detectors in a timely manner.
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Pulse shape discrimination
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