Neutron scintillators of transparent silica xerogel monolith via a sealed container system and π- π interactions

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3784-3787

  Im, Hee Jung ^a,b   Lee, Byunghwan ^a,c   Brown, Suree S ^a   Dai, Sheng ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interaction; Monolith; Neutron sensor; Scintillator; Sol Gel; Syneresis

Indexed keywords

CRACK FREE; ENGINEERING PLASTICS; NEUTRON PARTICLES; NEUTRON SCINTILLATORS; POLY(ARYL ETHER ETHER KETONE) (PEEK); RESULTING MATERIALS; SILICA MONOLITHS; SILICA XEROGEL; SOL - GEL;

CLADDING (COATING); CONTAINERS; ETHERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GELATION; GELS; KETONES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEUTRONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS;

COLLOIDS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELS; NEUTRONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 38449091956     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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