Recent progress of organic scintillators

M Koshimizu - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Recent development of organic scintillators is reviewed from the viewpoint of materials
science. Design and crystal growth of organic crystalline scintillators, use of novel solvents …

Organoboron chemistry comes to light: Recent advances in photoinduced synthetic approaches to organoboron compounds

VD Nguyen, VT Nguyen, S **, HT Dang, OV Larionov - Tetrahedron, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Photoinduced synthetic approaches to organoboron compounds have attracted significant
attention in the recent years. Photochemical activation of organic molecules enables …

Controlling the Optoelectronic Properties of Pyrene by Regioselective Lewis Base‐Directed Electrophilic Aromatic Borylation

M Vanga, RA Lalancette, F Jäkle - Chemistry–A European …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Given that pyrene represents one of the most versatile chromophores, the development of
new selective routes for its functionalization and tuning of its emission properties is highly …

The Porous Nanocarbons with Polynuclear Aromatic Cores

C Zhou, R Li, Y Chen, X Liu, H Zhao, XQ Yang… - CCS …, 2024‏ - chinesechemsoc.org
Three porous nanocarbons, 1–3 that comprise pyrene, corannulene, and coronene cores
encircled by cyclo-meta-phenylene (CMP) interconnections, have been synthesized and …

Phenyl/perfluorophenyl stacking interactions enhance structural order in two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks

WA Braunecker, KE Hurst, KG Ray… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
A two-dimensional imine-based covalent organic framework (COF) was designed and
synthesized such that phenyl and perfluorophenyl structural units can seamlessly alternate …

Highly Soluble p‐Terphenyl and Fluorene Derivatives as Efficient Dopants in Plastic Scintillators for Sensitive Nuclear Material Detection

HA Yemam, A Mahl, JS Tinkham… - … A European Journal, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plastic scintillators are commonly used as first‐line detectors for special nuclear materials.
Current state‐of‐the‐art plastic scintillators based on poly (vinyltoluene)(PVT) matrices …

An Indacenopicene‐based Buckybowl Catcher for Recognition of Fullerenes

B Scholz, AS Oshchepkov… - … A European Journal, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A novel buckybowl catcher with an extended π‐surface has been synthesized via cross‐
coupling of two bowl shaped bromoindacenopicene moieties with a tolyl linker. The …

Boron-loaded organic glass scintillators

LQ Nguyen, G Gabella, BL Goldblum… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Herein we report the progress towards an organic glass scintillator with fast and thermal
neutron sensitivity providing “triple” pulse shape discrimination (PSD) through the inclusion …

A novel highly efficient nanostructured organosilicon luminophore with unusually fast photoluminescence

TY Starikova, NM Surin, OV Borshchev… - Journal of Materials …, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesis and theoretical and experimental investigations of a novel nanostructured
organosilicon luminophore (NOL) containing six 2, 2′-bithienyl donor units connected via …

Methacrylate based cross-linkers for improved thermomechanical properties and retention of radiation detection response in plastic scintillators

A Mahl, A Lim, J Latta, HA Yemam, U Greife… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is an important method that can efficiently sort and
separate neutron and gamma radiation signals. PSD is currently achieved in plastic …