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Effects of neutron radiation on the optical and structural properties of blue and green emitting plastic scintillators
- Source :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 436:236-243
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- We report on the optical and structural properties of plastic scintillators irradiated with neutron beams produced by the IBR-2 reactor of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics in JINR, Dubna. Blue UPS-923A and green plastic scintillators were irradiated with neutron fluence ranging from 10$^{13}$ to 10$^{17}$ n/cm$^2$. Discolouring in the plastic scintillators was observed after irradiation. The effects of radiation damage on the optical and structural properties of the samples were characterized by conducting light yield, light transmission, light fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy studies. The results showed that neutron radiation induced damage in the material. The disappearance of the Raman peak features in green scintillators at frequencies of 1165.8, 1574.7 and 1651.2 cm$^{-1}$ revealed significant structural alterations due to neutron bombardment. Losses in fluorescence intensity, light yield and light transmission in the plastic scintillators were observed.<br />19 pages, 9 figures
- Subjects :
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Materials science
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
FOS: Physical sciences
02 engineering and technology
Scintillator
01 natural sciences
symbols.namesake
Neutron flux
0103 physical sciences
Radiation damage
Neutron
Irradiation
Nuclear Experiment
Instrumentation
010302 applied physics
business.industry
Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
Neutron radiation
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Fluorescence
symbols
Optoelectronics
0210 nano-technology
Raman spectroscopy
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0168583X
- Volume :
- 436
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f716621db8a1b21f32385a4c956cc84