How do you find and measure nuclear particles, like antineutrinos, that travel near the speed of light? Antineutrinos are the antimatter partner of a neutrino, one of nature's most elusive and ...

Now, 3D printing has even found its way into particle physics as an international collaboration led by a group from CERN is developing a new plastic scintillator production technique that involves ...

More information: Tim Weber et al, Additive manufacturing of a 3D-segmented plastic scintillator detector for tracking and ...

In the case of a plastic scintillator, the scintillating material is suspended in the solid polymer matrix base. As [Lukas] points out, plastic scintillators are hardly ideal when it comes to ...

Credit: Feng-Peng An Plastic scintillator with wavelength-shifting fiber. Credit: Feng-Peng An Team members are checking the appearance of the finished plastic scintillator. Credit: Feng-Peng An ...

PMMA has significantly high chain stiffness and rigidity, the replacement of the polystyrene matrix with non-aromatic PMMA matrix help construct a robust, three-dimensional cross-linked network ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in partnership with Eljen Technology, are working on one possible detection solution—a plastic, lithium-6 doped scintillator for ...