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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 2, 020401(2025)

Preparation and characterization of thermal neutron sensitive lithium doped polystyrene plastic scintillators

Kaihui ZHANG^1,2, Xiang LI², Mingxue DENG², Yun SHI^1,2, Qi ZHOU^1,2, Ke WANG^1、**, and Junfeng CHEN^1,2、*

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¹School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

²R&D Center for Novel Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China

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Kaihui ZHANG, Xiang LI, Mingxue DENG, Yun SHI, Qi ZHOU, Ke WANG, Junfeng CHEN. Preparation and characterization of thermal neutron sensitive lithium doped polystyrene plastic scintillators[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(2): 020401

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Category: NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Received: May. 16, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

The Author Email: WANG Ke (WANGKe), CHEN Junfeng (CHENJunfeng)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240213

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