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Applications of First Principles Theory to Inorganic Radiation Detection Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

David Joseph Singh ,
H. Takenaka ,
G. E. Jellison Jr  and
Lynn A. Boatner
David Joseph Singh
Affiliation:
singhdj@ornl.gov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Div., 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6114, United States, 865-241-3716
H. Takenaka
Affiliation:
takenakah@ornl.gov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division and Center for Radiation Detection Materials and Systems, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6114, United States
G. E. Jellison Jr
Affiliation:
jellisonge@ornl.gov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division and Center for Radiation Detection Materials and Systems, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6114, United States
Lynn A. Boatner
Affiliation:
boatnerla@ornl.gov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division and Center for Radiation Detection Materials and Systems, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6114, United States
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Abstract

Applications of first principles methods to understand properties of several known and potential scintillators for radiation detection are described. These include results for rare earth and Pb-based phosphates, rare-earth trihalides, ZnO, perovskites and tungstates.

Keywords

electronic structureoxidelanthanide
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1038: Symposium O – Nuclear Radiation Detection Materials , 2007 , 1038-O02-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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