The physics of solid-state neutron detector materials and geometries

AN Caruso - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Detection of neutrons, at high total efficiency, with greater resolution in kinetic energy, time
and/or real-space position, is fundamental to the advance of subfields within nuclear …

Securing special nuclear material: Recent advances in neutron detection and their role in nonproliferation

RC Runkle, A Bernstein, PE Vanier - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Neutron detection is an integral part of the global effort to prevent the proliferation of special
nuclear material (SNM). Applications relying on neutron-detection technology range from …

[图书][B] Compound semiconductor radiation detectors

A Owens - 2016 - books.google.com
For many applications, compound semiconductors are now viable competitors to elemental
semiconductors because of their wide range of physical properties. This book describes all …

[HTML][HTML] Realization of highly efficient hexagonal boron nitride neutron detectors

A Maity, TC Doan, J Li, JY Lin, HX Jiang - Applied physics letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report the achievement of highly efficient 10 B enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10
BN) direct conversion neutron detectors. These detectors were realized from freestanding 4 …

Hexagonal boron nitride epitaxial layers as neutron detector materials

J Li, R Dahal, S Majety, JY Lin, HX Jiang - Nuclear instruments and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Micro-strip metal–semiconductor–metal detectors for thermal neutron sensing were
fabricated from hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) epilayers synthesized by metal organic …

[HTML][HTML] Hexagonal boron nitride neutron detectors with high detection efficiencies

A Maity, SJ Grenadier, J Li, JY Lin… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Neutron detectors fabricated from 10 B enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-10 BN or h-BN)
epilayers have demonstrated the highest thermal neutron detection efficiency among solid …

Hexagonal boron nitride: Epitaxial growth and device applications

A Maity, SJ Grenadier, J Li, JY Lin, HX Jiang - Progress in Quantum …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a newest family member of the III-nitrides, BN is considered amongst the remaining
frontiers in wide energy bandgap semiconductors with potentials for technologically …

Epitaxy of boron phosphide on aluminum nitride (0001)/sapphire substrate

B Padavala, CD Frye, X Wang, Z Ding… - Crystal Growth & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The boron phosphide (BP) semiconductor has many remarkable features, including high
thermal neutron capture cross section of the 10B isotope, making it attractive for neutron …

CASCADE, neutron detectors for highest count rates in combination with ASIC/FPGA based readout electronics

M Klein, CJ Schmidt - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2011 - Elsevier
The CASCADE detector system described herein is designed for high intensity neutron
applications with high demands on the dynamical range, contrast as well as background …

Large‐Area Self‐Assembled Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Films for Ultralow Dark Current Vacuum‐Ultraviolet Photodetectors

Q Zhang, Q Li, R Chen, M Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is one of the most promising candidates for vacuum‐
ultraviolet photodetectors (VUV PDs). However, the efficient and low‐cost fabrication of large …