Thin and thick films of metal oxides and metal phthalocyanines as gamma radiation dosimeters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2250-2255

  Arshak, Khalil ^a   Arshak, Arousian ^a   Zleetni, Saleh ^a   Korostynska, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Metal oxides; Metal phthalocyanines; MOS; Optical and electrical properties; Personal dosimeter; Pn junction; Thin and thick films

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DOSIMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; TOPOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COST SAVINGS; COUNTERPARTS; METAL OXIDES; WAFER-BASED DEVICES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 8344221332     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.834718     Document Type: Article

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