Scintillating Screen Based on Fine-Particle Bi4Ge3O12 for Alpha-Radiation Detection

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In this paper, we report the first Bi4Ge3O12-based thin-layer alpha radiation detector. The scintillator was immobilized on a fused silica substrate via pulsed laser irradiation of BGO powder consisting of submicron particles. Laser treatment conditions were shown to influence the morphology and kinetic characteristics of the scintillator. The material we prepared ensures a higher stability of detectors to moisture and air in comparison with its commercially available analogs, while offering a comparable or even higher detection efficiency, and can be used in environmental monitoring, including volumetric alpha activity measurements.

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V. D. Volodin

Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: ibvarvara@yandex.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

V. O. Veselova

Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: ibvarvara@yandex.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

A. V. Egorysheva

Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: ibvarvara@yandex.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

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