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Plasmonic light yield enhancement of a liquid scintillator

Author(s) -

L.J. Bignell,

Eskender Mume,

Timothy Jackson,

George P. Lee

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

applied physics letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182

H-Index - 442

eISSN - 1077-3118

pISSN - 0003-6951

DOI - 10.1063/1.4807146

Subject(s) - scintillator , fluorophore , plasmon , scintillation , materials science , yield (engineering) , nanoparticle , fluorescence , optoelectronics , optics , plasmonic nanoparticles , nanotechnology , detector , physics , composite material

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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