TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of solution techniques for rapid growth of organic crystals
AU - Zaitseva, Natalia
AU - Carman, Leslie
AU - Glenn, Andrew
AU - Newby, Jason
AU - Faust, Michelle
AU - Hamel, Sebastien
AU - Cherepy, Nerine
AU - Payne, Stephen
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - Single crystals of a pure hydrocarbon, 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, with properties suitable for high-energy neutron detection were grown from toluene solutions using slow evaporation and temperature reduction methods with growth rates up to 10 mm/day. Application of the rapid growth technique developed earlier for growth of large water-soluble crystals shows that crystals of aromatic compounds can be successfully grown from solutions in large volumes required for their use as scintillator materials for radiation detection.
AB - Single crystals of a pure hydrocarbon, 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, with properties suitable for high-energy neutron detection were grown from toluene solutions using slow evaporation and temperature reduction methods with growth rates up to 10 mm/day. Application of the rapid growth technique developed earlier for growth of large water-soluble crystals shows that crystals of aromatic compounds can be successfully grown from solutions in large volumes required for their use as scintillator materials for radiation detection.
KW - A1. Supersaturated solutions
KW - A2. Single crystal growth
KW - B1. Organic compounds
KW - B2. Scintillator materials
KW - B3. Neutron detection
KW - B3. Pulse shape discrimination
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.10.139
DO - 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.10.139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78651094104
SN - 0022-0248
VL - 314
SP - 163
EP - 170
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
IS - 1
ER -