Progress in ionizing radiation shielding materials

Y Wu, Z Wang - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous development of ionizing radiation in medical imaging and treatment, nuclear
reactors, food irradiation, and other fields is accompanied by potential risks. It protects …

Current applications and future potential of rare earth oxides in sustainable nuclear, radiation, and energy devices: a review

MK Hossain, GA Raihan, MA Akbar… - ACS Applied …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To date, rare earth oxides (REOs) have proven to be key components in generating
sustainable energy solutions, ensuring environmental safety and economic progress due to …

Exploring the radiation shielding properties of B2O3-PbO-TeO2-CeO2-WO3 glasses: a comprehensive study on structural, mechanical, gamma, and neutron …

BB Solak, B Aktas, D Yilmaz, S Kalecik, S Yalcin… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to develop radiation-shielding glass materials with excellent
physical properties by incorporating varying amounts of WO 3 (x= 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 mol%) into …

Tunable valence state and scintillation performance of dense Ce 3+-doped borosilicate glasses prepared in ambient atmosphere

XY Sun, Z Hua, X Chen, Y Wen, S Qian… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of Ce3+-doped borosilicate glass scintillators (GABSx) was successfully
synthesized in ambient atmosphere. The cut-off wavelength was observed to change slightly …

Development of flexible radiation shielding materials from natural Rubber/Sb2O3 composites

S Yonphan, W Chaiphaksa… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a natural rubber (NR) with the addition of antimony oxide (Sb 2 O 3) has been
developed for flexible radiation shielding materials. The composites of NR were prepared …

Effect of cerium (IV) oxide particle size on polydimethylsiloxane polymer to form flexible materials against ionizing radiation

HM Almutairi, WM Al-Saleh, MI Abualsayed, M Elsafi - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to investigate the impact of CeO2 content and particle size on the radiation
shielding abilities of polydimethylsiloxane, also known as silicon rubber (SR). We prepared …

Effect of Gd2O3 on radiation shielding, physical and optical properties of sodium borosilicate glass system

N Intachai, N Wantana, S Kaewjaeng… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The radiation shielding, physical and optical properties were studied with the glass formula
in the composition of xGd 2 O 3: 40Na 2 O: 5SiO 2:(55-x) B 2 O 3, where x= 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 …

Photon shielding properties of oxyfluoride aluminophosphate glass added with Sb2O3 by using PHITS Monte Carlo simulation and experimental methods

O Ornketphon, S Kaewjaeng, P Meejitpaisan… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The glass formula (65-x) P 2 O 5–5CaF 2–10NaF–10KF–10AlF 3-xSb 2 O 3 (x= 0,
5, 10, 15 mol%) were produced by melt quenching technique for photon shielding …

Effect of B2O3 on luminescence and scintillation properties of Ce3+-doped gadolinium aluminium–silicate glass

Z Hua, G Tang, L Zheng, T Wu, H Ban, H Cai, J Han… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Different B 2 O 3 content was added to Ce 3+–doped Gd 2 O 3–Al 2 O 3–SiO 2 (xBGAS: 1.1
Ce 3+, x= 0, 5, 10, 15) glasses to improve the photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation …

Optical properties of Sm3+ doped in CaO-Al2O3-Na2O-BaO-B2O3 glasses for under-sea optical device applications

D Hebbar, B Gurav, J Kaewkhao, N Intachai, S Kothan… - Optik, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 23CaO-10Al 2 O 3-10Na 2 O-6BaO-(51-X) B 2 O 3-XSm 2 O 3 where, X= 0.0 (S0),
0.1 (S1), 0.3 (S2), 0.5 (S3), 1.0 (S4) glasses was fabricated by melt-quench technique. The …