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Performance of 3D printed plastic scintillators for gamma-ray detection

  • Kim, Dong-geon (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee, Sangmin (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park, Junesic (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Son, Jaebum (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Tae Hoon (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Yong Hyun (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Pak, Kihong (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Yong Kyun (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2019.10.07
  • Accepted : 2020.05.27
  • Published : 2020.12.25
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Abstract

Digital light processing three-dimensional (3D) printing technique is a powerful tool to rapidly manufacture plastic scintillators of almost any shape or geometric features. In our previous study, the main properties of light output and transmission were analyzed. However, a more detailed study of the other properties is required to develop 3D printed plastic scintillators with expectable and reproducible properties. The 3D printed plastic scintillator displayed an average decay time constants of 15.6 ns, intrinsic energy resolution of 13.2%, and intrinsic detection efficiency of 6.81% for 477 keV Compton electrons from the 137Cs γ-ray source. The 3D printed plastic scintillator showed a similar decay time and intrinsic detection efficiency as that of a commercial plastic scintillator BC408. Furthermore, the presented estimates for the properties showed good agreement with the analyzed data.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (No. NRF-2016M2A2A6A03912636).

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