Synthetic polycrystals of CaSiO3 un-doped and Cd, B, Dy, Eu-doped for gamma and neutron detection

Gonzales-Lorenzo, Carlos D.; Watanabe, Shigueo; Cano, Nilo F.; Ayala-Arenas, Jorge S.; Bueno, Carmen C.

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.04.037

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“…Another type of dosimetry system which has been widely used in neutron detection is thermoluminescent dosimetry, such as LiF (TLD-100), LiF (TLD-700) and LiF (TLD-600) 35 , which require the subtraction of the gamma contribution to estimate the neutron dose. What is more, there are few reports on thermoluminescent materials based on synthetic polycrystals of CaSiO 36 , which are able to provide a direct measurement of neutron fluence. In the last two years, scintillation detectors have been proposed for the discrimination of neutrons in mixed fields by means of adequate shielding and signal post-processing 37 .…”

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Smart material based on boron crosslinked polymers with potential applications in cancer radiation therapy

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Organoboron compounds have been playing an increasingly important role in analytical chemistry, material science, health applications, and particularly as functional polymers like boron carriers for cancer therapy. There are two main applications of boron isotopes in radiation cancer therapy, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy and Proton Boron Fusion Therapy. In this study, a novel and original material consisting of a three-dimensional polymer network crosslinked with $$^{10}$$ 10 B enriched boric acid molecules is proposed and synthesized. The effects of the exposition to thermal neutrons were studied analyzing changes in the mechanical properties of the proposed material. Dedicated Monte Carlo simulations, based on MCNP and FLUKA main codes, were performed to characterize interactions of the proposed material with neutrons, photons, and charged particles typically present in mixed fields in nuclear reactor irradiations. Experimental results and Monte Carlo simulations were in agreement, thus justifying further studies of this promising material.

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