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Materials Science and Engineering

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2021

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Radiation Effects On Lithium Indium Diselenide Semiconductors As Neutron Imaging Detectors, Robert M. Golduber Dec 2021

Radiation Effects On Lithium Indium Diselenide Semiconductors As Neutron Imaging Detectors, Robert M. Golduber

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The studies presented in this work aim to improve upon the knowledge base of lithium indium diselenide (LISe) semiconductors to understand how the material behaves in high radiation environments and refine the process of turning it into a neutron detector. LISe has great potential as neutron imaging detector because of the high neutron absorption efficiency of its enriched 6Li component and its ability to discriminate between gamma-rays and neutrons. Its ability to remain functional after being irradiated with large amounts of neutron fluence has been tested and the change in its electro-optical properties with relation to fluence has been …