Polymeric composite materials for radiation shielding: a review

CV More, Z Alsayed, MS Badawi, AA Thabet… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The rising use of radioactive elements is increasing radioactive pollution and calling for
advanced materials to protect individuals. For instance, polymers are promising due to their …

Conventional and new lead-free radiation shielding materials for radiation protection in nuclear medicine: A review

NJ AbuAlRoos, NAB Amin, R Zainon - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Gamma ray is an energetic ionising radiation that can damage living cells as it slows down
and transfers its energy to surrounding cells. Lead and concrete have been used as …

Comparative shielding features for X/Gamma-rays, fast and thermal neutrons of some gadolinium silicoborate glasses

A Saleh - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
X/Gamma-rays, fast and thermal neutrons shielding properties for eight gadolinium based
glasses (labeled as S1: S8) have been investigated at energies between (0.015–15 MeV) …

Investigation of bismuth borate glass system modified with barium for structural and gamma-ray shielding properties

P Kaur, KJ Singh, S Thakur, P Singh… - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present paper, transparent and non-toxic Bi 2 O 3-B 2 O 3 glasses doped with BaO
have been prepared by the authors which may replace the standard radiation shielding …

X-ray and γ-ray shielding efficiency of polymer composites: choice of fillers, effect of loading and filler size, photon energy and multifunctionality

S Prabhu, SG Bubbly, SB Gudennavar - Polymer Reviews, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Use of X-rays and γ-rays have become inevitable in medical sectors like radiology,
interventional cardiology and diagnostic imaging, radiation physics laboratories, nuclear …

Development, characterization, and properties of polymeric nanoarchitectures for radiation attenuation

UC Okonkwo, CI Idumah, CE Okafor… - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2022 - Springer
Radiation induces deterioration to life, the environment and electronic gadgets. Also, the
escalating quests in use of radioactive entities has induced increased radioactive hazards …

Micro Pb filled polymer composites: Theoretical, experimental and simulation results for γ-ray shielding performance

O Kilicoglu, CV More, F Akman, K Dilsiz, H Oğul… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Researches on advanced composites to protect environment health towards radioactive
pollution have drawn attention with the rising use of radioactive elements. From this point …

Introducing a novel low energy gamma ray shield utilizing Polycarbonate Bismuth Oxide composite

R Mehrara, S Malekie, SMS Kotahi, S Kashian - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The fabrication of different weight percentages of Polycarbonate-Bismuth Oxide composite
(PC-Bi2O3), namely 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 wt%, was done via the mixed-solution …

Experimental and theoretical investigation on physical, structure and protection features of TeO2–B2O3 glass doped with PbO in terms of gamma, neutron, proton and …

A Saleh, MG El-Feky, MS Hafiz, NA Kawady - Radiation physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glass series of composition 70TeO 2-(30-x) B 2 O 3-xPbO (where x= 2, 6, 10, 14 and 20
mol%) is prepared using melt-quenching technique. The glass structure was investigated by …

Trends in reinforced composite design for ionizing radiation shielding applications: a review

CE Okafor, UC Okonkwo, IP Okokpujie - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
This review explored recent developments in reinforced composite design and applications
for improved radiation shielding and high percentage attenuation. Radiation energy moves …