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Sensors and Materials, Volume 27, Number 3 (2015)
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S&M1063 Research Paper of Special Issue
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2015.1090
Published: April 9, 2015

Enhanced Detection Efficiency of Plastic Scintillators upon Incorporation of Zirconia Nanoparticles [PDF]

Yuki Araya, Masanori Koshimizu, Rie Haruki, Fumihiko Nishikido, Shunji Kishimoto and Keisuke Asai

(Received August 22, 2014; Accepted January 15, 2015)

Keywords: plastic scintillators, nanoparticles, loaded scintillators, synchrotron radiation

We attempted to enhance the detection efficiency of plastic scintillators by incorporating zirconia nanoparticles up to 30 wt%. The scintillators became opaque at higher concentrations because of Mie scattering. A higher nanoparticle concentration led to a higher detection efficiency, and the light yield of these scintillators was higher than or comparable to that of a commercial plastic scintillator, NE142. In addition, the time resolution of the scintillation detector equipped with each sample scintillator was approximately 0.5 ns. These results indicate that the incorporation of nanoparticles is a versatile and effective approach to enhance the detection efficiency of plastic scintillators.

Corresponding author: Masanori Koshimizu


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Yuki Araya, Masanori Koshimizu, Rie Haruki, Fumihiko Nishikido, Shunji Kishimoto and Keisuke Asai, Enhanced Detection Efficiency of Plastic Scintillators upon Incorporation of Zirconia Nanoparticles, Sens. Mater., Vol. 27, No. 3, 2015, p. 255-261.



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