3D printable polyvinyltoluene-based plastic scintillators with pulse shape discrimination

Kim, Yongwook; Zaitseva, Natalia; Ford, Michael J.; Carman, Leslie; Glenn, Andrew; Febbraro, Michael; Hausladen, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168537

Title: 3D printable polyvinyltoluene-based plastic scintillators with pulse shape discrimination

Journal Article · Sun Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168537· OSTI ID:2005127

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

A feasibility of preparing bulk photopolymerized plastics scintillators that contain vinyltoluene with multifunctional monomers, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate is shown. This formulation offers a simple and fast way to prepare polyvinyltoluene-based plastics with efficient fast neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination (PSD) within minutes. 30 wt% of 2,5-diphenyloxazole (PPO) was added in the mixtures of vinyltoluene and pentaerythritol tetraacrylate with different secondary dyes to understand the effect of dyes on the scintillation. Prepared resins were photopolymerized under different conditions, and the scintillation performance was compared to a commercially available standard, EJ-276. Additional functionality for thermal neutron sensitivity was introduced by the incorporation of ⁶Li and ⁶B nuclei. With optimized conditions, prepared plastics showed light output up to 90% relative to the same size of EJ-276. Here, the best plastic scintillators had PSD figures of merit (FoMs) up to 2.77 compared to 3.25 of EJ-276. The 3D-printability of the tested formulations was demonstrated.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE NA Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2005127

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-846754; 1070816

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1055; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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