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The Low-Radiation Dosimetry Application of “tris” Lyoluminescence using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance at Low Temperature

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 17, Number 3, 30 Sep 2012, Pages 172-175
Phil Kook Son (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information & Electronics, Kyung Hee University), Suk-Won Choi (Department of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information & Electronics, Kyung Hee University), Sung Soo Kim (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University), Jin Seog Gwag * (Department of Physics, Yeungnam University)
Abstract

We present a method for detecting very weak radiation by analyzing the inner structure of irradiated tris
(lyoluminescence) materials using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) at low temperature. Organic materials have been looked into for use in emergency dosimetry of inhabitants around radiation accidents. However, this technology has never been applied to imperceptible radiation doses (< 0.5 Gy) because there is no proper method for detecting the change of inner structure of the subject bombed by very weak radiation at room temperature. Our results show that tris materials can be applied as a radiation detectors of very small radiation doses below 0.05 Gray, if EPR is used at low temperature (130 K ≤ T ≤ 270 K). The EPR signal intensity from the irradiated-tris sample had barely faded at all after 1 year.

 

Keywords: electron paramagnetic resonance; tris; radiation; low temperature; fading value; emergency dosimetric material
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2012.17.3.172
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