Plasmonic light yield enhancement of a liquid scintillator
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2013-05-28
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AIP Publishing LLC
Abstract
We demonstrate modifications to the light yield properties of an organic liquid scintillator due to the localization of the tertiary fluorophore component to the surface of Ag-core silica-shell nanoparticles. We attribute this enhancement to the near-field interaction of Ag nanoparticle plasmons with these fluor molecules. The scintillation light yield enhancement is shown to be equal to the fluorescence enhancement within measurement uncertainties. With a suitable choice of plasmon energy and scintillation fluor, this effect may be used to engineer scintillators with enhanced light yields for radiation detection applications. © 2013, AIP Publishing LLC.
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Liquid scintillators, Scintillations, Radiation detection, Engineering, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Plasmons
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Bignell, L. J., Mume, E., Jackson, T. W., & Lee, G. P. (2013). Plasmonic light yield enhancement of a liquid scintillator. Applied Physics Letters, 102(21), 211902. doi:10.1063/1.4807146