Overview
- Provides an overview of plastic scintillators from organic chemistry to nuclear physics
- Covers all aspects of the chemistry of nuclear sensors
- Includes contributions by leading scientists at state-of-the-art laboratories
Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics (TAP, volume 140)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Materials
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Front Matter
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Applications
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 presents contributions from various researchers on broad aspects of plastic scintillators, from physics, chemistry, materials science and applications, covering topics such as the chemical nature of the polymer and/or the fluorophores, modification of the photophysical properties (decay time, emission wavelength) and loading of additives to make the material more sensitive to, e.g., fast neutrons, thermal neutrons or gamma rays. It also describes the benefits of recent technological advances for plastic scintillators, such as nanomaterials and quantum dots, which allow features that were previously not achievable with regular organic molecules or organometallics.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Matthieu Hamel is a scientist from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). He defended a Ph.D. thesis in 2005 on phosphoro-sulfurated platinum complexes as anti-tumor drugs. His first experience in the world of plastic scintillators was in 2006 with a postdoctoral position at the CEA. In 2008, he moved back to bioorganic chemistry with the synthesis of antimalarial compounds at the University of Montpellier, France. In late 2009, he was granted a permanent position at the CEA as a materials chemist for the preparation and the characterization of fluorescent polymers for the detection of threats, mostly for nuclear and radiological risks. His expertise lies in the design, characterization and application of plastic scintillators. To date, he has coordinated two French National Research Agency (ANR) projects and several security projects supported by the French Ministry of Defense.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plastic Scintillators
Book Subtitle: Chemistry and Applications
Editors: Matthieu Hamel
Series Title: Topics in Applied Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73488-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73487-9Published: 11 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73490-9Published: 11 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73488-6Published: 10 July 2021
Series ISSN: 0303-4216
Series E-ISSN: 1437-0859
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 638
Number of Illustrations: 166 b/w illustrations, 234 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid State Physics, Polymer Sciences, Optical and Electronic Materials, Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics