TY - JOUR
T1 - A potential base substrate for deformable scintillation materials
AU - Nakamura, Hidehito
AU - Sato, Nobuhiro
AU - Kitamura, Hisashi
AU - Shirakawa, Yoshiyuki
AU - Takahashi, Sentaro
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Kyoto University and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences . The authors thank the KUR Research Program for the Scientific Basis of Nuclear Safety for partial support of this work. The authors express their heartfelt thanks to Mr. T. Honda and Mr. C. Hurlbut for their efforts. We are grateful to Dr. T. Murata, Dr. T. Yoshida, Ms. M. Nakatani, and Ms. M. Yasaku for their cooperation.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/5/11
Y1 - 2016/5/11
N2 - Deformable scintillation materials for radiation detection are an original concept that will impact many applications. Here we reveal the optical characteristics of readily available, transparent grease that consists of adhesive aromatic ring polymers. The aromatic ring polymer is methyl phenyl polysiloxane, commonly used in cosmetics, lubrication, heat conduction, and mechanical damping. It has a 285-nm excitation maximum and emits short wavelength light that peaks at 315 nm. The stopping power for 1 MeV electrons is 1.78 MeV cm2/g. The light-yield distribution has distinct peaks at 976 keV from internal conversion electrons and at 5486 keV from alpha particles. In addition, this particular methyl phenyl polysiloxane is safe for use and disposal, which is an excellent advantage. These aromatic ring polymers are potential base substrates for deformable scintillation materials and make an important addition to the categories of scintillation materials.
AB - Deformable scintillation materials for radiation detection are an original concept that will impact many applications. Here we reveal the optical characteristics of readily available, transparent grease that consists of adhesive aromatic ring polymers. The aromatic ring polymer is methyl phenyl polysiloxane, commonly used in cosmetics, lubrication, heat conduction, and mechanical damping. It has a 285-nm excitation maximum and emits short wavelength light that peaks at 315 nm. The stopping power for 1 MeV electrons is 1.78 MeV cm2/g. The light-yield distribution has distinct peaks at 976 keV from internal conversion electrons and at 5486 keV from alpha particles. In addition, this particular methyl phenyl polysiloxane is safe for use and disposal, which is an excellent advantage. These aromatic ring polymers are potential base substrates for deformable scintillation materials and make an important addition to the categories of scintillation materials.
KW - Aromatic ring polymer
KW - Category
KW - Deformability
KW - Methyl phenyl polysiloxane
KW - Scintillation material
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.034
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959466730
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 818
SP - 91
EP - 94
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
ER -