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Rare earth (Dy(3+) and Sm(3+))-doped sodium magnesium borate (NaMgBO3) is synthesized by solution combustion synthesis method keeping their thermoluminescence properties in mind. The reaction produced very stable crystalline NaMgBO3:RE (RE = Dy(3+), Sm(3+)) phosphors. The phosphors are exposed to (60)Co gamma-ray radiations dose of varying rate from 5 to 25 Gy, and their TL characteristics with kinetic parameters are studied. NaMgBO3:Dy(3+) phosphor shows two peaks for lower doping concentration of Dy(3+) while it reduced to single peak for the higher concentrations of activator Dy(3+). NaMgBO3:Dy(3+) shows the major glow peak around 200 °C while NaMgBO3:Sm(3+) phosphors show two well-separated glow peaks at 200 and 332 °C respectively. The thermoluminescence intensity of these phosphors was compare with the commercially available TLD-100 (Harshaw) phosphor. The TL responses for gamma-ray radiations dose were found to be linear from 5 to 25 Gy for both phosphors while the fading in each case is calculated for the tenure of 45 days.

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The Complex permittivity spectra of glycol ether (GE) compounds such as ethylene glycol mono-methyl ether (EGME) with water mixture over entire concentration range and in temperature range of 10–25∘C have been determined using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technique in the frequency range 10[Formula: see text]MHz to 50[Formula: see text]GHz. The complex permittivity spectra for EGME-water were fitted in the Cole–Davidson model. The Static dielectric constant ([Formula: see text], Relaxation time ([Formula: see text], effective Kirkwood correlation factor ([Formula: see text], excess permittivity ([Formula: see text], thermodynamic parameters (activation enthalpy and activation entropy) and Bruggeman factor ([Formula: see text] have been calculated by the nonlinear least square fit method. The intermolecular interactions between EGME-water binary mixtures suggest the nonlinear behavior of dielectric parameters. The contribution of hydrogen bonding interactions among the solute–solvent mixtures is confirmed by Excess properties and Bruggeman factor.

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