Pulse shape discrimination in 3D printable plastic scintillators using polyvinyl toluene-based resins

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

doi:10.1117/12.2676407

4 October 2023 Pulse shape discrimination in 3D printable plastic scintillators using polyvinyl toluene-based resins

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

Proceedings Volume PC12696, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV; PC126960D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676407
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recent research in manufacturing plastic scintillators via photopolymerization has reported various non-aromatic acrylic-based resins for easy 3D printing. However, the absence of traditionally used aromatic matrices, such as polystyrene or poly(vinyl toluene) (PVT), resulted in a limited scintillation performance. In this research, the feasibility of accommodating a high ratio of PVT with pentaerythritol tetraacrylate was demonstrated by the synthesis of plastic scintillators with efficient pulse shape discrimination. Moreover, the research described the understanding of the current inferior performance of photocured plastics compared to thermally cured analogs and showed 3D printability of studied resins in different shapes.

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Yongwook Kim, Natalia Zaitseva, Michael Ford, Leslie Carman, Andrew Glenn, Michael Febbraro, and Paul Hausladen "Pulse shape discrimination in 3D printable plastic scintillators using polyvinyl toluene-based resins", Proc. SPIE PC12696, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXV, PC126960D (4 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676407

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