LiAlO 2 :Gd-Based Versatile and Ultrasensitive Detector for Gamma and Neutrons by Thermal and Optical Stimulation.
Pragya R JopatSabyasachi PaulShashwati SenJitendra BahadurGiri Dhari PatraSoumen SamantaAnkita PathakMukund S KulkarniPublished in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2024)
Considering the low-level dose detection requirement for neutron and γ radiation in cancer therapy, synthesis and exploratory studies have been performed on a newly developed phosphor LiAlO 2 :Gd. Our results reveal that the presence of both Li and Gd makes it sensitive to both gamma and thermal neutrons. The applicability of LiAlO 2 :Gd for beta, gamma, and neutrons in both thermally stimulated and optically stimulated modes has been verified by extensive experiments followed by kinetic parametric evaluation with theoretical calculations. The current work confirms that LiAlO 2 :Gd is a highly sensitive phosphor with a minimum detectable dose of 5.7 μSv for gamma and 92 μSv for themral neutrons. The phosphor is found to show very high sensitivity at low energy and dose. Its ability for detection and discrimination of both gamma and thermal neutrons makes it a potential material to be used in medical dosimetry.
Keyphrases
- cancer therapy
- label free
- energy transfer
- healthcare
- light emitting
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- high resolution
- drug delivery
- magnetic resonance imaging
- molecular dynamics
- molecular dynamics simulations
- monte carlo
- computed tomography
- radiation induced
- mass spectrometry
- single cell
- human health
- molecularly imprinted
- risk assessment
- living cells
- solid phase extraction
- image quality