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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Hamel, Matthieu (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	Topics in Applied Physics, 140
Subjects:	Solid state physics. Polymers . Optical materials. Electronic materials. Physical measurements. Measurement . Particle acceleration. Solid State Physics. Polymer Sciences. Optical and Electronic Materials. Measurement Science and Instrumentation. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.