Plastic scintillators modifications for a selective radiation detection

Matthieu Hamel (1) , Guillaume H. V. Bertrand (1) , Frédérick Carrel (1) , Romain Coulon (1) , Jonathan Dumazert (1) , Eva Montbarbon (1) , Fabien Sguerra (1)

1 LCAE - Laboratoire Capteurs et Architectures Electroniques

Recent developments of plastic scintillators are reviewed, from January 2000 to June 2015. All examples are distributed into the main application, i.e. how the plastic scintillator was modified to enhance the detection towards a given radiation particle. The main characteristics of these newly created scintillators and their detection properties are given.

Keywords: Neutrons; Lithium; Loading; selective radiation detection; plastic scintillator modifications; solid scintillation detectors; Gadolinium; Gamma-rays; radiation particle detection; detection properties; ionizing radiation; radioactivity; nuclear instrumentation; instrumentation; plastic scintillator; detector

Domains: Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]

Matthieu Hamel, Guillaume H. V. Bertrand, Frédérick Carrel, Romain Coulon, Jonathan Dumazert, et al.. Plastic scintillators modifications for a selective radiation detection. 2015 4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), Apr 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. pp.7465496, ⟨10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465496⟩. ⟨cea-01823369⟩