ZnS quantum dot based nanocomposite scintillators for thermal neutron detection

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 186-190

  Wang, C L ^a   Gou, L ^b   Zaleski, J M ^b   Friesel, D L ^a  

^a PartTec Ltd   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Optical properties; Scintillators; Thermal neutrons; Track structure model

Indexed keywords

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; DECAY RATE; DECAY TIME; DOPED ZNS; EMISSION BANDS; MATRIX; PULSE HEIGHT; PULSE HEIGHT SPECTRUM; PULSE SHAPES; QUANTUM DOT; SCINTILLATION PHOTONS; SCINTILLATORS; STRUCTURE MODELS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; THERMAL-NEUTRON DETECTION; ZNS QUANTUM DOTS;

DECAY (ORGANIC); EUROPIUM; IONIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOSPHORS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUANTUM YIELD; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 77956483020     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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