Investigation of ZnO-based polycrystalline ceramic scintillators for use as α -particle detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 892-898

  Neal, John S ^a   Devito, David M ^a   Armstrong, Beth L ^a   Hong, Mei ^b   Kesanli, Banu ^a   Yang, Xiaocheng ^c   Giles, Nancy C ^c   Howe, Jane Y ^a   Ramey, Joanne O ^a   Wisniewski, Dariusz J ^a,d   Wisniewska, Monika ^a,e   Munir, Zuhair A ^b   Boatner, Lynn A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e Environmental College   (Poland)

Author keywords

Associated particle technique; Fast scintillators; Semiconductor scintillators; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; ASSOCIATED PARTICLE TECHNIQUE; CERAMIC BODIES; COUNT RATES; DECAY TIME; DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM; DT NEUTRON; FAST SCINTILLATORS; HIGH RADIATION RESISTANCE; HYDROGEN TREATMENTS; LIGHT YIELD; LOW COSTS; LOW LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; NEUTRON GENERATORS; NEW APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS; PRECURSOR POWDER; SEMICONDUCTOR SCINTILLATORS; SINTERED BODY; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; UNIAXIAL HOT PRESSING; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; ZNO; ZNO POWDER;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; DETECTORS; DEUTERIUM; ERBIUM; HOT PRESSING; HYDROGEN; INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; POWDERS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIME MEASUREMENT; TRITIUM; UREA; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649216774     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2004702     Document Type: Article

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