Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials - 2009: Volume 1164

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Michael Fiederle (Edited by), Dale L. Perry (Edited by), Arnold Burger (Edited by), Larry Franks (Edited by), Kazuhito Yasuda (Edited by)

9781605111377, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 February 2010

195 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

Detector materials include semiconductors and scintillators, which are represented by a variety of binary molecular compounds such as lanthanum halides (LaX3), zinc oxide (ZnO) and mercuric iodide (HgI2). Ideally, these materials possess appropriate range bandgaps, high atomic numbers of the central element and high densities. They also perform at room temperature, have strong mechanical properties and low production costs. There are significant gaps, however, in the information needed to improve the quality of these materials - in terms of reproducible purity, homogeneity and mechanical integrity. This book features the latest advances in radiation detection materials, both from experimental and theoretical standpoints, as both are needed to grow and characterize materials that will produce enhanced detectors of the future. Topics include: CdTe and CdZnTe detectors; neutron detectors and scintillators.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]