MARIA DA CONCEICAO COSTA PEREIRA

MARIA DA CONCEICAO COSTA PEREIRA

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Possui graduação em Química Industrial pela Escola Superior de Química Oswaldo Cruz (1984), Mestrado pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - USP (1997) e Doutorado pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - USP (2006). Atualmente é pesquisadora do Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares. Possui experiência na área de Química e Engenharia Nuclear, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: detectores de radiação, tempo de decaimento de luminescência, cintilação e crescimento de cristais cintiladores inorgânicos. Orientadora de Mestrado (Texto extraído do Currículo Lattes em 16 nov. 2021)

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Zonal refining and Bridgman technique for CsI:Tl scintillation crystal growth
2022 - SUZART, K.F.; PEREIRA, M.C.C.; HAMADA, M.M.; MESQUITA, C.H.
This work describes the development of the crystal cesium iodide doped with thallium (CsI:Tl) for use as a radiation detector. For CsI salt purification the zonal refining methodology using a horizontal oven at a constant temperature of 700 °C was used. The high temperature region corresponds to approximately 10% of the salt bed containing (260 mm). This region moves at a speed of 50 mm/h. The crystal growth was carried out by Bridgman technique, using a vertical oven at speed of 1 mm/h.
Characteristics of PB2+ doped CsI matrix under gamma and neutron excitations
2021 - PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.; MADI FILHO, TUFIC; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; TOMAZ, LUCAS F.
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in finding new fast scintillating material or improve the characteristics of known scintillatorsfor the demand of high energy physics, industrial and nuclear medical applications. Divalent lead ions Pb2+ built in some crystal structures are efficient emission centers and their applications in scintillators wereand arestill the reason of an intensive study of emission properties of different compounds containing these ions. In this context, the crystals of Pb2+ doped CsI matrix were grown by the vertical Bridgman techniqueandsubjected to annealing in vacuum of 10-6 mbar and constanttemperatureof 350°C, for 24 hours, and then they were employed. To evaluate the response of the CsI:Pb scintillator crystal to gamma radiation, radioactive sources of 137Cs (662 keV), 60Co (1173 keV and 1333 keV), 22Na (511 keV and 1275 keV) and 133Ba (355 keV) wereused. The operating voltage of the photomultiplier was 2700 V for the detection of gamma rays and the accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. The scintillator response to neutron radiation from a radioactive source of AmBe with energy range of 1 to 12 MeV was available. The activity of the AmBe source was 1 Ci Am. The emission ratewas 2.2x 106 neutrons/ second. The operating voltage of the photomultiplier tube was 1300 V. The accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. With the results obtained, it may be observed that the crystals are sensitive to these radiations.
Growth of scintillating bromide-doped cesium iodide crystals for radiation detection
2021 - ALVES, J.P.S.; M.FILHO, T.; PEREIRA, M.C.C.
Zonal refining and Bridgman technique for CsI:Tl scintillation crystal growth
2021 - SUZART, K.F.; PEREIRA, M.C.C.; HAMADA, M.M.; MESQUITA, C.H.
Optical properties and radiation response of Li ion-doped CsI scintillator crystal
2019 - 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.
Study and development of neutron detectors using doped CsI crystals
2019 - 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.
Characteristics of Pb2+ doped CsI matrix under gamma and neutron excitations
2019 - PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.; FILHO, TUFIC M.; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; TOMAZ, LUCAS F.; PINTO, MARLENE C.
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in finding new fast scintillating material or improve the characteristics of known scintillators for the demand of high energy physics, industrial and nuclear medical ap-plications. Divalent lead ions Pb2+ built in some crystal structures are efficient emission centers and their appli-cations in scintillators were and are still the reason of an intensive study of emission properties of different com-pounds containing these ions. In this context, the crystals of Pb2+ doped CsI matrix were grown by the vertical Bridgman technique and subjected to annealing in vacuum of 10-6 mbar and constant temperature of 350°C, for 24 hours, and then they were employed. To evaluate the response of the CsI:Pb scintillator crystal to gamma radiation, radioactive sources of 137Cs (662 keV), 60Co (1173 keV and 1333 keV), 22Na (511 keV and 1275 keV) and 133Ba (355 keV) were used. The operating voltage of the photomultiplier was 2700 V for the detection of gamma rays and the accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. The scintillator response to neutron radiation from a radioactive source of AmBe with energy range of 1 to 12 MeV was available. The activity of the AmBe source was 1 Ci Am. The emission rate was 2.2 x 106 neutrons / second. The operating voltage of the pho-tomultiplier tube was 1300 V. The accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. With the results obtai-ned, it may be observed that the crystals are sensitive to these radiations.
Characteristics of Pb2+ doped CsI matriz under gamma and neutron excitations
2017 - PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.; MADI FILHO, TUFIC; BERRETTA, JOSE R.; TOMAZ, LUCAS F.; PINTO, MARLENE C.
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in finding new fast scintillating material or improve the characteristics of known scintillators for the demand of high energy physics, industrial and nuclear medical applications. Ions divalent lead Pb2+ built in some crystal structures are efficient emission centers and their applications in scintillators was and still is the reason of an intensive study of emission properties of different compounds containing these ions. The aggregation of impurities in CsI is poorly studied. The problem of impurity aggregation in CsI is of interest from point of view of the luminescent properties modification of this scintillation material. In this context, the crystals of Pb2+ doped CsI matrix were grown by the vertical Bridgman technique and subjected to annealing in vacuum of 10-6 mbar and continuous temperatura of 350°C, for 24 hours, and then they were employed. To evaluate the response of the CsI:Pb scintillator crystal to gamma radiation, radioactive sources of 137Cs (662 keV), 60Co (1173 keV and 1333 keV), 22Na (511 keV and 1275 keV) and 133Ba (355 keV) was used. The operating voltage of the photomultiplier was 2700 V for the detection of gamma rays and the accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. The crystals used in gamma spectroscopy were cut with dimensions of 20 mm in diameter and 20 mm in height. The scintillator response to neutron radiation from a radioactive source of Am/Be with energy range of 1 MeV to 12 MeV was available. The activity of the AmBe source was 1Ci Am. The fluency was 2.6 x 106 neutrons / second. The operating voltage of the photomultiplier tube was 1300 V. The accumulation time in the counting process was 600 s. The scintillator crystals were cut with dimensions of 20 mm diameter and 10 mm height. With the results obtained, it may be observed that the crystals are sensitive to these radiations.
Desenvolvimento de detectores de radiação utilizando cristais cintiladores inorgânicos crescidos pela técnica de Bridgman
2015 - BATISTA, TAIS de Q.; SANTOS, ROBINSON A. dos; PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.
Crescimento e caracterização do cristal cintilador CsI:Br para uso como detector de radiação
2015 - BATISTA, NATHALIA Q.; SANTOS, ROBINSON A. dos; PEREIRA, MARIA da C.C.