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http://dx.doi.org/10.14407/jrp.2015.40.4.194

Preliminary Study on Electron Paramagnetic Resonance(EPR) Signal Properties of Mobile Phone Components for Dose Estimation in Radiation Accident  

Park, Byeong Ryong (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
Ha, Wi-Ho (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
Park, Sunhoo (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
Lee, Jin Kyeong (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
Lee, Seung-Sook (Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.40, no.4, 2015 , pp. 194-201 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have investigated the EPR signal properties in 12 components of two mobile phones (LCD, OLED) using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer in this study.EPR measurements were performed at normal atmospheric conditions using Bruker EXEXSYS-II E500 spectrometer with X-band bridge, and samples were irradiated by $^{137}Cs$ gamma-ray source. To identify the presence of radiation-induced signal (RIS), the EPR spectra of each sample were measured unirradiated and irradiated at 50 Gy. Then, dose-response curve and signal intensity variating by time after irradiation were measured. As a result, the signal intensity increased after irradiation in all samples except the USIM plastic and IC chip. Among the samples, cover glass(CG), lens, light guide plate(LGP) and diffusion sheet have shown fine linearity ($R^2$ > 0.99). Especially, the LGP had ideal characteristics for dosimetry because there were no signal in 0 Gy and high rate of increase in RIS. However, this sample showed weakness in fading. Signal intensity of LGP and Diffusion Sheet decreased by 50% within 72 hours after irradiation, while signals of Cover Glass and Lens were stably preserved during the short period of time. In order to apply rapidly EPR dosimetry using mobile phone components in large-scale radiation accidents, further studies on signal differences for same components of the different mobile phone, fading, pretreatment of samples and processing of background signal are needed. However, it will be possible to do dosimetry by dose-additive method or comparative method using unirradiated same product in small-scale accident.
Keywords
Radiation accident; Electron spin resonance; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Dosimetry;
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