감마선에 조사된 중합체의 열자극 전류

Thermally Stimulated Currents in Gamma Irradiated Polymer

유기중합체의 열자극전류는 방사선량측정기로서 사용가능한 특성을 갖고있으며 중합체의 구성성분이 생체조직과 등가성분이므로 의학 및 생물학분야에서 효과적인 방사선 측정기구로 이용할 수 있었다. 포리에틸렌등 중합체에 방사선을 조사한후 $10{\sim}100V$의 전압과 실온에서 $100^{\circ}C$까지의 온도에 따라 열자극 전류를 측정하고 분석함으로서 물질의 에너지상수($0.8{\sim}1.0eV$)와 방사선피폭량(수Krands)에 따른 열자극전류($10^{-2}{\sim}10^{-4}{\mu}A$)의 상호관계를 계측할 수 있었다.

Thermally stimulated currents of polymers have some properties as radiation dosimetry, especially polymer could be made as a good dosimeter in biological fields because of tissue equivalent material. We experimented the radiation response of polymers and attempted to apply it in clinical use. Polymers have the properties of thermoluminescence and thermally stimulated currents which are due to several kinds of charged particles such as dipoles, electronic trapped charges and mobile ions. Several peaks are datected in the thermally stimulated currents in polyethylene under vias field V, by heating from room temperature to $100^{\circ}C$ shortly after irradiation. As V increases, both the peak temperature $T_m$ and the activation energy H decreases, while the peak current $I_m$ increases. We plotted the $T_m-V\;and\;I_m-V$ curves and calculated the electron trap depth with the recombination operative TSC theory and compared the peak TSC with radiation doses.