Polymeric composite materials for radiation shielding: a review

CV More, Z Alsayed, MS Badawi, AA Thabet… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The rising use of radioactive elements is increasing radioactive pollution and calling for
advanced materials to protect individuals. For instance, polymers are promising due to their …

Polymer-composite materials for radiation protection

S Nambiar, JTW Yeow - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2012 - ACS Publications
Unwanted exposures to high-energy or ionizing radiation can be hazardous to health.
Prolonged or accumulated radiation dosage from either particle-emissions such as …

X-ray and γ-ray shielding efficiency of polymer composites: choice of fillers, effect of loading and filler size, photon energy and multifunctionality

S Prabhu, SG Bubbly, SB Gudennavar - Polymer Reviews, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Use of X-rays and γ-rays have become inevitable in medical sectors like radiology,
interventional cardiology and diagnostic imaging, radiation physics laboratories, nuclear …

Gamma radiation processed polymeric materials for high performance applications: a review

AT Naikwadi, BK Sharma, KD Bhatt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The polymeric properties are tailored and enhanced by high energy radiation processing,
which is an effective technique to tune the physical, chemical, thermal, surface, and …

Development, characterization, and properties of polymeric nanoarchitectures for radiation attenuation

UC Okonkwo, CI Idumah, CE Okafor… - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2022 - Springer
Radiation induces deterioration to life, the environment and electronic gadgets. Also, the
escalating quests in use of radioactive entities has induced increased radioactive hazards …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation shielding polymer composites: Ray-interaction mechanism, structural design, manufacture and biomedical applications

Q Chang, S Guo, X Zhang - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear technology has expanded from the original weapon of war to all aspects of social
development, finding wide applications in various industries such as medical diagnostics …

Metal-polymer composites for radiation protection: a review

A Bijanu, R Arya, V Agrawal, AS Tomar… - Journal of polymer …, 2021 - Springer
Ionizing radiations are hazardous in the long run if exposed to a limit higher than the
permissible limit (20 mSv/year). It can cause serious health issues like cancer, cardiac …

A comparative neutron and gamma-ray radiation shielding investigation of molybdenum and boron filled polymer composites

H Oğul, O Agar, F Bulut, MR Kaçal, K Dilsiz… - Applied Radiation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents a detailed radiation shielding study for polymer composites filled with
Boron and Molybdenum additives. The chosen novel polymer composites were produced at …

Expected and unexpected achievements and trends in radiation processing of polymers

T Czvikovszky - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
The last four decades produced exponential development in the polymer processing.
Radiation processing—initiated also about 40 years ago—yielded a similar pathway of …

Ionizing radiation effects in polymers

M Ferry, Y Ngono-Ravache… - Reference module in …, 2016 - hal.univ-reims.fr
Compared to other materials such as steels or ceramics, polymers are quite sensitive to
radiations, from UV to gamma-rays, and to particles beams (electrons, ions). Ionizing …