Conducting Polymers for Neutron Detection

Clare Kimblin, Kirk Miller, Bob Vogel, Bill Quam, Harry McHugh, Glen Anthony, Steve Jones, Mike Grover

National Security Technologies, LLC

关键词: 46 Instrumentation Related To Nuclear Science And Technology;    Neutron Detection;    Polymers;    Boron Carbides;    Thickness;   

RP-ID  :  DOE/NV/25946--330
RP-ID  :  DE-AC52-06NA25946
RP-ID  :  934438

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Conjugated polymers have emerged as an attractive technology for large-area electronic applications. As organic semiconductors, they can be used to make large-area arrays of diodes or transistors using fabrication techniques developed for polymer coatings, such as spraying and screen-printing. We have demonstrated both neutron and alpha detection using diodes made from conjugated polymers and have done preliminary work to integrate a boron carbide layer into the conventional polymer device structure to capture thermal neutrons. The polymer devices appear to be insensitive to gamma rays, due to their small physical thickness and low atomic number.