Direct detection of 5 MeV protons by flexible thin-film devices based on organic semiconductors

I. Fratelli; A. Ciavatti; E. Zanazzi; L. Basiricò; M. Chiari; L. Fabbri; J. E. Anthony; A. Quaranta; B. Fraboni

doi:10.1393/ncc/i2022-22195-3

Direct detection of 5 MeV protons by flexible thin-film devices based on organic semiconductors

I. Fratelli, A. Ciavatti, E. Zanazzi, L. Basiricò, M. Chiari, L. Fabbri, J. E. Anthony, A. Quaranta, B. Fraboni

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Abstract

The direct detection of 5 MeV protons by flexible organic thin film devices is here reported for the first time. Mechanical flexibility, portability, low cost of fabrication and human tissue equivalence are important properties which make this technology an excellent candidate for the development of wearable proton dosimeters to be employed in several areas such as in the medical field (i.e., during proton therapy treatments). Moreover, by exploiting the coupling between the organic semiconductor and the plastic substrate, this class of detectors offers the unique possibility of operating them both in real-time mode and in integration mode by recording two different information items regarding the irradiation condition of the sensing system.

Original language	English
Article number	195
Journal	Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2022-22195-3
State	Published - Nov 2022

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IF, AC, EZ, LB, LF, AQ, and BF acknowledge funding from INFN through the CSN5 FIRE project. JEA was supported by the U.S. NSF (No. 1849213).

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© 2022 Societa Italiana di Fisica. All rights reserved.

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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