Demonstration of completely organic, optically clear radioluminescent light

Journal Article · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · Journal of Applied Physics; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.343925· OSTI ID:5263430

Renschler, C L; Clough, R L ^[1]; Shepodd, T J ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (US)
2. Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551

A new type of radioluminescent light source has been demonstrated. This all-organic system consists of covalently bound tritium within a solid, optically clear polymeric matrix. The matrix contains a set of organic luminophores that capture excitation energy from beta decay and red shift the energy in a stepwise fashion, after which a chosen wavelength is emitted as fluorescence. Both blue and orange lights have been fabricated. Unlike currently available tritium gas tube lights or radioluminescent paints, the brightness of these new systems is, in principle, scalable because self-attenuation and absorption effects are minimized.

• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5263430
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics; (USA) Vol. 66:9; ISSN 0021-8979; ISSN JAPIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
ABSORPTION
ATTENUATION
BETA DECAY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DECAY
DYES
ENERGY
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
FABRICATION
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LIGHT SOURCES
LUMINESCENCE
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLYMERS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLUMINESCENCE
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES