Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials 2011

by Fiederie, Michael; Burger, Arnold; Franks, Larry; Lynn, Kelvin; Perry, Dale L.

• ISBN13: 9781605113180
• ISBN10: 1605113182
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-16
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Symposium U, "Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials," held April 26-28 at the 2011 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California was a continuation of the 2009 symposium and provided the latest research in nuclear radiation detection materials. Types of detector materials include semiconductors and scintillators, which are represented by a variety of new scintillator materials; novel semiconductors; and traditional detection materials. There is a strong need for new materials and methods for a variety of radiation detection applications in this rapidly growing field. The symposium gave an overview of the crystal growth of radiation detector materials and the characterization and technology issues and moved on to discuss several important improvements for the development of future radiation detectors.

Table of Contents

Scintillators

Transparent Lu2O3:Eu ceramics

Nuclear radiation detection scintillators based on ZnSe(Te) crystals

Nonlinear quenching rates in SrI2 and CsI scintillator hosts

Bridgman growth of SrI2

CdZnTe

Growth of detector-grade CZT by travelling heater method (THM): an advancement

Low temperature crystal growth and characterization of Cd0.9Zn0.1Te for radiation detection applications

Improvement of CdMnTe detector performance by MnTe purification

Characterization of Pd impurities and finite-sized defects in detector grade CdZnTe

Effects of dislocations and sub-grain boundaries on X-ray response maps of CdZnTe radiation detectors

Study of structural defects in CdZnTe crystals by high resolution electron microscopy

Modelling and Calculations

Performance evaluation of neutron detectors incorporating intrinsic Gd using a GEANT4 modeling approach

Material parameter basis for major and minor trends in nonproportionality of scintillators

Dimensionally reduced heavy atom semiconductors as candidate materials for γ-ray detection: the case of Cs2Hg6S7

Other Materials

Czochralski growth of indium iodide and other wide bandgap semiconductor compounds

Dysprosium-containing nanocrystals for thermal neutron detection

Semiconductor detectors fabricated from TlBr crystals

UV emitting single crystalline film scintillators grown by LPE method: current status and perspective

Bismuth-loaded polymer scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy

Alkali metal chalcogenides for radiation detection

ZnCdSeTe semiconductor compounds: preparation and properties

Comparative study of HgI2, PbI2 and TlBr films aimed for ionizing radiation detection in medical imaging

Photoemission and cathodoluminescence of doped lithium tetraborate crystals being developed for neutron detection

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