Synthesis of luminescent nanoparticle embedded polymer nanocomposites for scintillation applications

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1312, Issue , 2011, Pages 355-360

  Rogers, Thomas ^a   Han, Chenlu ^a   Wagner, Brent ^a   Nadler, Jason ^a   Kang, Zhitao ^a  

^a GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CDTE; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; COST EFFECTIVE; DOPED SAMPLE; DOPING CONCENTRATION; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; HIGH COSTS; HIGH QUALITY CRYSTALS; INDEX MATCHING; LUMINESCENT INTENSITY; LUMINESCENT NANOPARTICLE; MATRIX; NANOPHOSPHORS; NATIONAL SECURITY; PEAK EMISSIONS; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; PHOTON WAVELENGTH; PORTAL MONITORS; RESPONSE CURVES; SCALABILITY ISSUE; SCINTILLATION APPLICATIONS; TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CERIUM; CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80053250892     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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