Polycrystalline diamond powder scintillates under alpha irradiation and, when mixed with 6LiF, can detect thermal neutrons with an efficiency roughly comparable to a large 3He detector in a preliminary comparison.
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Scintillation Light Detection in Polycrystalline Diamond Using Single Photon Detectors
Polycrystalline diamond powder scintillates under alpha irradiation and, when mixed with 6LiF, can detect thermal neutrons with an efficiency roughly comparable to a large 3He detector in a preliminary comparison.