Novel Boron-Containing Organic Scintillators: Azaboranaphthalene and Phenylazaboranaphthalene

Author

van Loef, Edgar V. ; Marshall, John ; Zakharov, L.N. ; Shih-Yuan Liu ; Shah, K.S.

Author_Institution

Radiat. Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA, USA

Volume

60

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

952

Lastpage

954

Abstract

Two novel boron-containing organic compounds, azaboranaphthalene and phenylazaboranaphthalene were synthesized. Crystals of these compounds were grown from solution and their scintillation properties characterized. Azaboranaphthalene and phenylazaboranaphthalene show a broad emission band under X-ray excitation in the region 350-550 nm, show a response to neutron excitation, have a fast scintillation decay and exhibit pulse shape discrimination.

Keywords

boron compounds; crystal growth from solution; organic compounds; scintillation; X-ray excitation; boron-containing organic compounds; boron-containing organic scintillators; broad emission band; compound crystals; fast scintillation decay; neutron excitation; phenylazaboranaphthalene; pulse shape discrimination; scintillation properties; wavelength 350 nm to 550 nm; Boron; Compounds; Crystals; Electron tubes; Neutrons; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Shape; Azaborines; crystal growth; organic scintillators; organic syntheses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2012.2227797

Filename

6407487