Nanoparticles show promise as inexpensive, durable and effective scintillators
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of industrial and university researchers has shown that nanoparticles with sizes smaller than 10 nanometers – approximately the width of a cell membrane – can be successfully incorporated into scintillation devices capable of detecting and measuring a wide energy range of X-rays and gamma rays emitted by nuclear materials.