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Artigo IPEN-doc 27897 Growth and optical characteristics of the CsI:Li scintillator crystal for use as radiation detector2021 - PEREIRA, M.C.C.; FILHO, T.M.; TOMAZ, L.F.; BERRETTA, J.R.Materials capable of converting ionizing radiation into light photons are called scintillators, some have specific efficiencies for certain applications and types of radiation, e.g. gamma, X-ray, alpha, beta and neutrons. CsI:Tl and NaI:Tl crystals are commonly found in the market because they have several applications, but few studies have been done on lithium doped cesium iodide crystal (CsI:Li). The lithium element, in this crystal used as a dopant, is also exploited as a converter for neutron detection, as it has a shock section of 940 barns for thermal neutrons. The study of the CsI:Li crystal is convenient considering the natural abundance of the lithium element with 7.5%, besides the interest in having a low cost national scintillator material, with an opportunity to search for the response of a detector for different types of radiation. The CsI:Li crystal was grown with molar concentration 10-4 to 10-1, using the vertical Bridgman technique. The parameters involved in the growth process were investigated. The transmittance was evaluated in the spectral region from 190 nm to 1100 nm. Luminescence emission spectra for the CsI:Li crystal were evaluated by photometric analysis of the crystal stimulated with a 137Cs (662 keV) source in front of the coupled sample at the monochromator input. The crystals showed maximum luminescence intensity at the wavelength of 420 nm. It was evaluated the response of the scintillators, when excited with gamma radiation of 241Am, 133Ba, 22Na, 137Cs, 60Co and neutron radiation from the AmBe source, with energy range of 1 MeV to 12 Mev.Dissertação IPEN-doc 27296 Otimização do crescimento de cristais cintiladores inorgânicos em matriz CsI dopada com lítio para uso como detectores de radiação2019 - TOMAZ, LUCAS F.São denominados cintiladores os materiais sólidos, líquidos ou gasosos capazes de converter radiação de alta energia em radiação no espectro ultravioleta ou visível de forma eficiente, ao absorver de maneira parcial ou total a radiação incidente. No que se refere a área de investigação de cristais cintiladores, os inorgânicos ocupam considerável espaço no grupo dos cintiladores utilizados nas áreas de trabalho com radiação, aplicados como detectores. Este trabalho teve por objetivo desenvolver cristais cintiladores inorgânicos em matriz de CsI, utilizando o íon lítio (Li+) como elemento dopante em concentrações de 10-1 M, 10-2 M, 10-3 M e 10-4 M por meio da técnica de Bridgman. Estudou-se o comportamento dos cristais excitando-os com diferentes níveis de energia de radiação alfa, gama e também com radiação de nêutrons e comparou-se os resultados a matriz pura de CsI. Os cristais foram excitados com radiação gama no intervalo de energia de 59 keV à 1333 keV, radiação alfa com energia de 5,54 MeV e com radiação de nêutrons com energia de 1 MeV a 12 MeV. Os cristais CsI:Li também foram submetidos a caracterizações físicas e químicas tais como: transmitância óptica, emissão de luminescência, distribuição do dopante Li ao longo do eixo de crescimento e confirmação da estrutura cristalina. Os cristais dopados com lítio apresentaram melhor resposta a radiação alfa quando comparados com o cristal CsI puro e a sensibilidade aumenta conforme o também aumento da concentração do dopante Li, cristais CsI:Li com as concentrações de 10-2 M e 10-3 M apresentaram a melhor altura de pulso para radiação gama. Os cristais CsI:Li apresentaram sensibilidade a detecção de nêutrons, com volume de contagens expressivamente superior ao cristal de CsI puro. Os cristais de CsI:Li 10-3 M e 10-2 M apresentaram melhor detecção à radiação de nêutrons no intervalo de concentração do dopante Li estudado. A adição do Li à matriz CsI resultou em cristais com resultados promissores para uso como detectores, quando excitados com radiação alfa,radiaçao gama e radiação de nêutrons.Artigo IPEN-doc 26850 Optical properties and radiation response of Li ion-doped CsI scintillator crystal2019 - PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.; MADI FILHO, TUFIC; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; TOMAZ, LUCAS F.; MADI, MIRIAM N.Scintillators are materials that convert the energy of ionizing radiation into a flash of light. Due to the existence of different types of scintillators, they are classified into three groups according to their physicochemical characteristics, namely, inorganic, organic and gaseous scintillators. Among the inorganic crystals, the most frequently used as scintillator consist of alkali metals, in particular alkaline iodides. Scintillation materials have many applications, for instance in medical imaging, security, physics, biology, non-destructive inspection and medicine. In this study, lithium doped CsI scintillator crystals were grown using the vertical Bridgman technique. The concentration of the lithium doping element (Li) studied was 10-4 M to 10-1 M. Analyses were carried out to evaluate the developed scintillators with regard to luminescence emission and optical transmittance. The luminescence emission spectra of these crystals were measured with a monochromator for gamma radiation from 137Cs source excitation. The determination of the dopant distribution along the crystalline axis allowed the identification of the region with Li concentration uniformity, which is the region of the crystalline volume indicated for use as a radiation detector. The crystals were excited with neutron radiation from AmBe source, with the energy range of 1 MeV to 12 MeV. As neutron sources also generate gamma radiation, which can interfere with the measurement, it is necessary that the detector be able to discriminate the presence of such radiation. Accordingly, experiments were performed using gamma radiation in the energy range of 59 keV to 1333 keV in order to verify the ability of the detector to discriminate the presence of different types of radiation.Artigo IPEN-doc 26849 Study and development of neutron detectors using doped CsI crystals2019 - MADI FILHO, TUFIC; PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; TOMAZ, LUCAS F.; MADI, MIRIAM N.The development of new radiation detectors using scintillation crystals, which increase response speed, dose and energy accuracy and, at the same time, the feasibility of simplifying and reducing costs in the production process are always necessary. In the CTR-IPEN laboratory, pure and doped CsI crystals were grown using the Bridgman technique. This work shows the obtained results using a doped CsI scintillator with the converters: Br, Pb, Tl, Li as alpha, beta, gamma and neutron detectors.Artigo IPEN-doc 26195 Growth and optics characteristics of the CsI:Li scintillator crystal for use as radiation detector2019 - TOMAZ, LUCAS F.; MADI FILHO, TUFIC; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.Materials capable of converting ionizing radiation into light photons are called scintillators, some have specific efficiencies for certain applications and types of radiation, e.g. gamma, X-ray, alpha, beta and neutrons. CsI:Tl and NaI:Tl crystals are commonly found in the market because they have several applications, but few studies have been done on lithium doped cesium iodide crystal (CsI:Li). The lithium element, in this crystal used as a dopant, is also exploited as a converter for neutron detection, as it has a shock section of 940 barns for thermal neutrons. The study of the CsI:Li crystal is convenient considering the natural abundance of the lithium element with 7.5%, besides the interest in having a low cost national scintillator material with an opportunity to search the response of a detector for different types of radiation. The CsI:Li crystal was grown with molar concentration 10-4 to 10-1, using the vertical Bridgman technique. The parameters involved in the growth process were investigated. The transmittance was evaluated in the spectral region from 190 nm to 1100 nm. Luminescence emission spectra for the CsI:Li crystal were evaluated by photometric analysis of the crystal stimulated with a 137Cs (662 keV) source in front of the coupled sample at the monochromator input. The crystals showed of maximum luminescence intensity at the wavelength of 420 nm. The response of the scintillators when excited with gamma radiation of 241Am, 133Ba, 22Na,137Cs, 60Co and neutron radiation from the AmBe source, with energy range of 1 MeV to 12 Mev was evaluated.