Desenvolvimento do cristal  semicondutor de iodeto de mercúrio para aplicação como detector de radiação / Development of the mercury iodide semiconductor crystal for application as a radiation detector

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

11/07/2011

RESUMO

In this work, the establishment of a technique for HgI growth and preparation of crystals, for use as room temperature radiation semiconductor detectors is described. Three methods of crystal growth were studied while developing this work: (1) Physical Vapor Transport (PVT); (2) Saturated Solution of HgI2, using two different solvents; (a) dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and (b) acetone, and (3) the Bridgman method. In order to evaluate the obtained crystals by the three methods, systematic measurements were carried out for determining the stoichiometry, structure, orientation, surface morphology and impurity of the crystal. The influence of these physical chemical properties on the crystals development was studied, evaluating their performance as radiation detectors. The X-ray diffractograms indicated that the crystals were, preferentially, oriented in the (001) e (101) directions with tetragonal structure for all crystals. Nevertheless, morphology with a smaller deformation level was observed for the crystal obtained by the PVT technique, comparing to other methods. Uniformity on the surface layer of the PVT crystal was detected, while clear incrustations of elements distinct from the crystal could be viewed on the DMSO crystal surface. The best results as to radiation response were found for the crystal grown by physical vapor transport. Significant improvement in the HgIz2 radiation detector performance was achieved for purer crystals, growing the crystal twice by PVT technique.

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crescimento de cristais cristal growth detector semicondutor iodeto de mercúrio mercury iodide semiconductor detector

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