Plastic Scintillators Chemistry and Applications

This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 21st century. The book...

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Other Authors: Hamel, Matthieu (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Topics in Applied Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Part 1: Materials -- Chapter 1. Introduction – Overview on Plastic and Inorganic Scintillators -- Chapter 2. Neutron/Gamma Pulse Shape Discrimination in Plastics Scintillators: From Development to Commercialization -- Chapter 3. The Detection of Slow Neutrons -- Chapter 4. Chemical Approach on Organometallic Loading in Plastic Scintillators and its Applications -- Chapter 5. Polysiloxane-based Scintillators -- Chapter 6. Composite Scintillators -- Chapter 7. Molecular Design Considerations for Different Classes of Organic Scintillators -- 8. Organic Glass Scintillators -- Part 2: Applications -- Chapter 9. Optical Improvements of Plastic Scintillators by Nanophotonics -- Chapter 10. Analogue and Digital Signal Processing for Real-Time Nuclear and Radiological Applications -- Chapter 11. Radioactive Noble Gas Detection and Measurement with Plastic Scintillators -- 12. Recent Advances and Clinical Applications of Plastic Scintillators in the Field of Radiation Therapy -- 13. Plastic Scintillators in Environmental Analysis -- Chapter 14. Use of Scintillators to Study the Earth from Ground to the Radiation Belts -- Chapter 15. Plastic Scintillator Detectors for Particle Physics 
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520 |a This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 21st century. The book presents contributions from various researchers on broad aspects of plastic scintillators, from physics, chemistry, materials science and applications, covering topics such as the chemical nature of the polymer and/or the fluorophores, modification of the photophysical properties (decay time, emission wavelength) and loading of additives to make the material more sensitive to, e.g., fast neutrons, thermal neutrons or gamma rays. It also describes the benefits of recent technological advances for plastic scintillators, such as nanomaterials and quantum dots, which allow features that were previously not achievable with regular organic molecules or organometallics