Influence of preparation parameters on the synthesis of plastic scintillation microspheres and evaluation of sample preparation

Evaluation of synthesis conditions for plastic scintillation foils used to measure alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides

“…Preparation of PS in the form of foils is described in the bibliography, through polymerization, by cutting thin slices off a block of PS and by solvent evaporation [16] [17]. Previous work of ours with PS microspheres [18] suggests that solvent evaporation is a simple and cheap method to prepare PS materials that could be used in the preparation of PSfoils. Thus, PSfoils could then be used directly or as a platform for selective strategies, such as those employing PSresins [19], to produce selective scintillating dipsticks, for fast analysis of liquid solutions; or as scintillating wipes, for screening analysis of solid contaminated surfaces [20].…”