Fabrication of plastic scintillators from hybrid nanocomposites via self-assembly

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5922, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-5

  Kesanli, Banu ^a   Im, Hee Jung ^a   Brown, Suree S ^a   Dai, Sheng ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particle detection; Hybrid inorganic organic molecule; Plastic scintillator; Radiation detection; Sol gel process

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE DETECTION; HYBRID INORGANIC ORGANIC MOLECULE; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 31844446639     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.619363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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