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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2021.59.3.450

Fabrication and Evaluation of CdS/ZnS Quantum Dot Based Plastic Scintillator  

Min, Su Jung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Kang, Ha Ra (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Lee, Byung Chae (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Seo, Bum Kyung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Cheong, Jae Hak (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyunghee University)
Roh, Changhyun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
Hong, Sang Bum (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI))
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.59, no.3, 2021 , pp. 450-454 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, gamma nuclide analysis is mainly used using inorganic scintillators or semiconductor detectors. These detectors have high resolution but there are less economical, limited in size, and low process ability than plastic scintillators. Therefore, quantum dot-based plastic scintillator was developed using the advantages of the quantum dot nanomaterial and the conventional plastic scintillator. In this study, efficient plastic scintillator was fabricated by adding CdS/ZnS based on the most widely used Cd-based nanomaterial in a polystyrene matrix. In addition, the performance of the commercial plastic scintillator was compared and it was analyzed through radiological measurement experiments. The detection efficiency of fabricated plastic scintillator was higher than commercial plastic scintillator, EJ-200. It is believed that this fabricated plastic scintillator can be used as a radioactivity analyzer in the medical and nuclear facility fields.
Keywords
CdS/ZnS; Quantum dot; Plastic scintillator; $^{60}Co$; Compton edge;
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