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Transparent composites for efficient neutron detection. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Transparent, inorganic composite materials are of broad interest, from structural components in astronomical telescopes and mirror supports to solid-state lasers, smart window devices, and gravitational wave detectors. Despite great progress in material synthesis, it remains a standing challenge to fabricate such transparent glass composites with high ...
Lv S, Wang D, Tang J, Liu Z, Inoue H, Tang B, Sun Z, Wondraczek L, Qiu J, Zhou S.   +9 more
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Light-powered end-to-end neutron detection and imaging with an edge-deployed optical AI chip [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Neutron detection is widely used in many applications including nuclear physics, nuclear energy, nuclear technologies and nuclear safeguards. Developing an end-to-end neutron detection and imaging workflow paves way towards fully automated processes for ...
Shanny Lin, Hanqing Zhu, Steven Clayton, C. L. Morris, David Z. Pan, Zhaowen Tang, Ray T. Chen, Zhehui Wang   +7 more
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Comparison of Neutron Detection Performance of Four Thin-Film Semiconductor Neutron Detectors Based on Geant4 [PDF]

Sensors, 2021
Third-generation semiconductor materials have a wide band gap, high thermal conductivity, high chemical stability and strong radiation resistance. These materials have broad application prospects in optoelectronics, high-temperature and high-power ...
Zhongming Zhang, Michael D. Aspinall
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Evaluation of a silicon carbide P–N diode for thermal neutron detection in a radiotherapy LINAC [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Accurate neutron detection in mixed photon-neutron and pulsed radiation fields is technically challenging, impacting industrial and medical applications.
Martín Pérez, Felipe Zamorano, Celeste Fleta, Carles Muñoz-Montplet, Diego Jurado-Bruggeman, Marcio Jiménez, Pablo Guardia, Gina Grabulosa-Morera, Roger Morales-Pérez, Gemma Rius, Philippe Godignon, Giulio Pellegrini, Consuelo Guardiola   +12 more
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Next-generation neutron detection using a 6Li glass scintillator composite

Communications Physics
Neutron detectors are crucial in fundamental science, nuclear security, safeguards, and civil applications. 3He-filled gas proportional counters are the gold standard for thermal neutron detection, prized for their efficiency, neutron/gamma ...
Andrea Favalli, Brenden W. Wiggins, Metodi Iliev, Cameron G. Richards, Kristofer Ogren, Thomas D. McLean, Kiril D. Ianakiev, Markus P. Hehlen   +7 more
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Neutron detection using boron gallium nitride semiconductor material

APL Materials, 2014
In this study, we developed a new neutron-detection device using a boron gallium nitride (BGaN) semiconductor in which the B atom acts as a neutron converter.
Katsuhiro Atsumi, Yoku Inoue, Hidenori Mimura, Toru Aoki, Takayuki Nakano   +4 more
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A novel ceramic GEM used for neutron detection

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2020
A novel ceramic Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) has been developed to meet the demand of high counting rate for the neutron detection which is an alternative to 3He-based detector at China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS).
Jianrong Zhou, Xiaojuan Zhou, Jianjin Zhou, Xingfen Jiang, Jianqing Yang, Lin Zhu, Wenqin Yang, Tao Yang, Hong Xu, Yuanguang Xia, Gui-an Yang, Yuguang Xie, Chaoqiang Huang, Bitao Hu, Zhijia Sun, Yuanbo Chen   +15 more
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Detection of neutron clusters [PDF]

Physical Review C, 2002
A new approach to the production and detection of bound neutron clusters is presented. The technique is based on the breakup of beams of very neutron-rich nuclei and the subsequent detection of the recoiling proton in a liquid scintillator.
Singer, SM, Clarke, Norman, Curtis, Neil, Fulton, Brian, Marques, FM, Freer, Martin   +5 more
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Neutron detection performance of gallium nitride based semiconductors. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2019
Neutron detection is crucial for particle physics experiments, nuclear power, space and international security. Solid state neutron detectors are of great interest due to their superior mechanical robustness, smaller size and lower voltage operation ...
Zhou C, Melton AG, Burgett E, Hertel N, Ferguson IT.   +4 more
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Study on the neutron imaging detector with high spatial resolution at China spallation neutron source

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021
Gadolinium oxysulfide (GOS) is regarded as a novel scintillator for the realization of ultra-high spatial resolution in neutron imaging. Monte Carlo simulations of GOS scintillator show that the capability of its spatial resolution is towards the micron ...
Xingfen Jiang, Qinglei Xiu, Jianrong Zhou, Jianqing Yang, Jinhao Tan, Wenqin Yang, Lianjun Zhang, Yuanguang Xia, Xiaojuan Zhou, Jianjin Zhou, Lin Zhu, Haiyun Teng, Gui-an Yang, Yushou Song, Zhijia Sun, Yuanbo Chen   +15 more
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