Melt Blending: A Tool to Simplify Plastic Scintillator Synthesis

NR Myllenbeck, AI Benin, GFH Garcia… - … on Nuclear Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Plastic scintillators are widely used as radiation detection media in homeland security and
nuclear physics applications. Their attributes include low cost, scalability to large detector …

Defect-resistant plastic scintillation radiation detector compositions and fabrication methods

NP Zaitseva, ML Carman, AM Glenn, AN Mabe… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Scintillating plastics resistant to crazing and fogging, methods of making and using the same
are disclosed. The scintillating plastics include: one or more primary polymers present in an …

Defect-resistant plastic scintillators with aliphatic additives

AN Mabe, ML Carman, SA Payne, NP Zaitseva… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A plastic scintillator includes a polymer matrix, an aliphatic additive present in the polymer
matrix in an effective amount to impart fog resistance to the plastic scintillator, and at least …