Lithium indium diselenide: A new scintillator for neutron imaging
Abstract
Lithium indium diselenide, 6LiInSe2 or LISe, is a newly developed neutron detection material that shows both semiconducting and scintillating properties. The 24% atomic density of 6Li yields a thermal neutron mean free path of only 920 μm. This paper reports on the performance of LISe crystals in scintillation mode for its potential use as a converter screen for thermal/cold neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of LISe, determined using a 10% value of the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), was found to not scale linearly with thickness. Crystals having a thickness of 450 μm or larger resulted in an average spatial resolution of 67 μm, and the thinner crystals exhibited an increase in spatial resolution down to the Nyquist frequency of the CCD. The highest measured spatial resolution of 198 μm thick LISe (27 μm) outperforms a commercial 50 μm thick ZnS(Cu):6LiF scintillation screen (100 μm) by more than a factor of three. For the thicknesses considered in this study, it has been found that the light yield of LISe did not scale with its thickness, suggesting the need for optimizing the synthesis to enhance the scintillation mechanism. Absorption measurements indicate that the 6Li concentration is uniform throughout the samples and itsmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- Contributing Org.:
- DOE Nuclear Energy University Programs Graduate Fellowship; DOE Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1347560
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1425700
- Report Number(s):
- MS/STO-170116
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001942; NE0000094
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 830; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; neutron imaging; neutron detection; scintillator; lithium indium diselenide; LISe; thermal and cold neutrons
Citation Formats
Lukosi, Eric, Herrera, Elan, Hamm, Daniel, Lee, Kyung -Min, Wiggins, Brenden, Trtik, Pavel, Penumadu, Dayakar, Young, Stephen, Santodonato, Louis, Bilheux, Hassina, Burger, Arnold, Matei, Liviu, and Stowe, Ashley C. Lithium indium diselenide: A new scintillator for neutron imaging. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.063.
Lukosi, Eric, Herrera, Elan, Hamm, Daniel, Lee, Kyung -Min, Wiggins, Brenden, Trtik, Pavel, Penumadu, Dayakar, Young, Stephen, Santodonato, Louis, Bilheux, Hassina, Burger, Arnold, Matei, Liviu, & Stowe, Ashley C. Lithium indium diselenide: A new scintillator for neutron imaging. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.063
Lukosi, Eric, Herrera, Elan, Hamm, Daniel, Lee, Kyung -Min, Wiggins, Brenden, Trtik, Pavel, Penumadu, Dayakar, Young, Stephen, Santodonato, Louis, Bilheux, Hassina, Burger, Arnold, Matei, Liviu, and Stowe, Ashley C. Fri .
"Lithium indium diselenide: A new scintillator for neutron imaging". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.063. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1347560.
@article{osti_1347560,
title = {Lithium indium diselenide: A new scintillator for neutron imaging},
author = {Lukosi, Eric and Herrera, Elan and Hamm, Daniel and Lee, Kyung -Min and Wiggins, Brenden and Trtik, Pavel and Penumadu, Dayakar and Young, Stephen and Santodonato, Louis and Bilheux, Hassina and Burger, Arnold and Matei, Liviu and Stowe, Ashley C.},
abstractNote = {Lithium indium diselenide, 6LiInSe2 or LISe, is a newly developed neutron detection material that shows both semiconducting and scintillating properties. The 24% atomic density of 6Li yields a thermal neutron mean free path of only 920 μm. This paper reports on the performance of LISe crystals in scintillation mode for its potential use as a converter screen for thermal/cold neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of LISe, determined using a 10% value of the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), was found to not scale linearly with thickness. Crystals having a thickness of 450 μm or larger resulted in an average spatial resolution of 67 μm, and the thinner crystals exhibited an increase in spatial resolution down to the Nyquist frequency of the CCD. The highest measured spatial resolution of 198 μm thick LISe (27 μm) outperforms a commercial 50 μm thick ZnS(Cu):6LiF scintillation screen (100 μm) by more than a factor of three. For the thicknesses considered in this study, it has been found that the light yield of LISe did not scale with its thickness, suggesting the need for optimizing the synthesis to enhance the scintillation mechanism. Absorption measurements indicate that the 6Li concentration is uniform throughout the samples and its absorption efficiency as a function of thickness follows general nuclear theory, indicating that the variation in apparent brightness is likely due to a combination of particle escape, light transport, and activation of the scintillation mechanisms. As a result, the presence of 115In and its long-lived 116In activation product did not result in ghosting (memory of past neutron exposure), demonstrating potential for using LISe for imaging transient systems.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.063},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 830,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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