Synthesis of LiZnBO3:Mn and Its Application to Neutron Imaging
LiZnBO 3 :Mn was synthesized to develop a new material for neutron imaging.Small pieces of colorless, transparent single crystals were obtained by the vertical Bridgman technique, although a large bulk single crystal was difficult to grow owing to incongruent melting and strong cleavage.Sintered compacts fired at 1000 showed sufficient grain growth to prepare 630 mthick translucent plates.The plate emitted red light under -ray irradiation using 241 Am as a radiation source.A neutron image showing a clear contrast of the neutron flux was obtained using a small accelerator-based neutron source.
Authors
- Y. Wakabayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-2748)
- S. Kawamata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8470-6929)
- Tomohiro Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-6731)
- Yoshié Otake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1959-1934)
- Junichi H. Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5803-8058)
- Kiyoharu Tadanaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-4353)
- Atsushi Taketani
- Mikio Higuchi
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors and Materials
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18494/sam5524
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00