An investigation of secondary electron emission from ZnO based nanomaterials for future applications in radiation detectors

Abstract This paper discusses the use of nanomaterials for the improved performance of time-of-flight particle detectors based on secondary electron emission (SEE). The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to find a nanomaterial that has a higher SEE than gold. In this article, we pres...

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Auteurs principaux: P. Boutachkov, K. O. Voss, K. Lee, M. S. Song, C. Yi, M. Cappellazzo, W. Kondziołka, A. Liskowicz, M. Cholewa
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/00eb05e5cabd4cdab8e7ca32e9bb8b90
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Résumé:Abstract This paper discusses the use of nanomaterials for the improved performance of time-of-flight particle detectors based on secondary electron emission (SEE). The purpose of the research presented in this paper is to find a nanomaterial that has a higher SEE than gold. In this article, we present a measurement of the SEE properties from 1D (one-dimensional) nanostructures of ZnO and ZnO/GaN (ZnO with GaN coating) composed of a mostly regular pattern of nanotubes grown on a thin Si3N4 substrate. The study was performed with 4.77 meV/u Au beam. We observed an average increase of 2.5 in the SEE properties from the 1D ZnO nanotubes compared to gold.