Changes in the optical energy gap and ESR spectra of proton-irradiated unplasticized PVC copolymer and its possible use in radiation dosimetry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 279-285

  Abdel Fattah, A A ^a,b   Abdel Hamid, H M ^a   Radwan, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy gap; ESR; Poly(vinyl chloride); Proton irradiation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ION BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PROTON BEAMS; PROTON IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

OPTICAL ENERGY GAP;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0036848695     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01299-5     Document Type: Article

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