We report on the use of organic semiconducting single crystals (OSSCs) as direct ionizing radiation detectors that directly convert the X-ray photons into an electrical signal, thanks to their stability, good transport properties and large interaction volume. X-ray detectors, based on low-cost solution-grown OSSCs are here shown to operate at room temperature, providing a stable linear response with increasing dose rate in atmosphere and in radiation-hard environment. The intrinsic conversion of ionizing radiation within the crystals allowed one to fabricate all-organic optically transparent devices, indicating OSSCs as very promising candidates for a novel generation of low-cost, room temperature radiation detectors

BEATRICE FRABONI, ALESSANDRO FRALEONI-MORGERA (2014). ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING CRYSTALS AS ROOM TEMPERATURE RADIATION DETECTORSAstroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [10.1142/9789814603164_0107].

ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING CRYSTALS AS ROOM TEMPERATURE RADIATION DETECTORSAstroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications

FRABONI, BEATRICE;
2014

Abstract

We report on the use of organic semiconducting single crystals (OSSCs) as direct ionizing radiation detectors that directly convert the X-ray photons into an electrical signal, thanks to their stability, good transport properties and large interaction volume. X-ray detectors, based on low-cost solution-grown OSSCs are here shown to operate at room temperature, providing a stable linear response with increasing dose rate in atmosphere and in radiation-hard environment. The intrinsic conversion of ionizing radiation within the crystals allowed one to fabricate all-organic optically transparent devices, indicating OSSCs as very promising candidates for a novel generation of low-cost, room temperature radiation detectors
2014
Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications
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BEATRICE FRABONI, ALESSANDRO FRALEONI-MORGERA (2014). ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING CRYSTALS AS ROOM TEMPERATURE RADIATION DETECTORSAstroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [10.1142/9789814603164_0107].
BEATRICE FRABONI;ALESSANDRO FRALEONI-MORGERA
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