Thermo- and radioluminescence of undoped and dy-doped strontium borates prepared by sol-gel method

M. SANTIAGO; J. MARCAZZÓ; M. GRASSELLI; A. LAVAT; P. MOLINA; F. SPANO; E. CASELLI

RADIATION MEASUREMENTS

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Año: 2011 vol. 46 p. 1488 - 1491

1350-4487

Borates have shown to be efficient materials to be employed for ionizing radiation detection given theirtissue-equivalent characteristics. Usually, the efficiency of these compounds is largely dependent on thepreparation methods and conditions. In this work nominally pure and Dy-doped strontium borates havebeen prepared by sol-gel method. The thermoluminescence and radioluminescence of the resultingborates have been investigated and correlated to their structural characteristics.