Theoretical investigation of parallel NiO/GaP heterojunction nuclear battery with graphene layer and its time-related performance.

Betavoltaic (BV) batteries are regarded as appealing power sources due to their high energy densities and long lifetimes. However, the low efficiency and maximum output power density of conventional BV batteries due to the self-absorption effect of radioactive sources, which consist of separate beta-radioactive sources and semiconductor absorbers, limit their applications. In this work, we optimized and compared six NiO-related heterojunction nuclear batteries utilizing Monte Carlo software Geant4 and finite element analysis software COMSOL Multiphysics.

Preclinical Evaluation of a Radiolabeled Pan-RAF Inhibitor for RAF-Specific PET/CT Imaging.

Abnormalities in the RAS-RAF signaling pathway occur in many solid tumors, leading to aberrant tumor proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. Due to the elusive pharmacology of RAS, RAF inhibitors have become the main targeted therapeutic drugs. Naporafenib (LXH-254) is a high-affinity pan-RAF inhibitor with FDA Fast Track Qualification.

Enhanced electron beam and X-ray beam therapy by applying nanoparticle heterojunctions: A Monte Carlo simulation.

Cancer has become one of the major diseases that seriously threaten human health. In order to improve the therapeutic gain ratio (TGF) of conventional X-ray and electron beams, we studied the dose enhancement effect and secondary electrons emission of Au-Fe nanoparticle heterostructures by Monte Carlo method. Under the irradiation of 6 MeV photon and 6 MeV electron beams, the Au-Fe mixture has a dose enhancement effect.

The investigation of the luminescent structure of thallium-doped cesium iodide (CsI:Tl) basing on the first-principles coupled with spectral analysis.

The luminescent structure of thallium-doped cesium iodide (CsI:Tl) and the behavior of electrons during luminescence are studied at great length based on the conventional first-principles calculation combined with ordinary spectroscopic analysis befittingly in this work. The hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential (HSE) is used to visualize the energy band structure of the experimental sample's system, and the corresponding relationship between the transition behavior of CsI:Tl energy levels and the spectrum is studied more accurately. We show the complete energy conversion process clearly, which involves the crystal beginning to receive the energy of a photon until the moment of de-excitation.

Measurement of talc in flour by the prompt-gamma ray neutron activation analysis method.

Prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis method (PGNAA) was used to measure the talc content in flour. Neutron activation prompt gamma spectrum measured by NaI(Tl) detector has complex components, poor energy resolution, and high Compton plateau, how to obtain accurate element content from the prompt γ spectrum is one of the core problems of PGNAA. To reduce the systematic uncertainty caused by the variation of the neutron energy spectrum and γ self-absorption in different samples, the spectral decomposition method based on library least-squares was improved.

Neutron and Photon Dose Rates in a D-T Neutron Generator Facility: MCNP Simulations and Experiments.

The deuterium-tritium neutron generator is a common neutron source for fast neutron activation analysis. The 14.1 MeV neutrons emitted from a deuterium-tritium neutron generator are difficult to shield due to their strong penetrability and the induced secondary gamma rays in the shield.

Measurement of neutron yield and angular distribution for D-T neutron generator by neutron activation analysis method.

To measure the neutron yield of D-T neutron generator, the activation foils of iron, copper and aluminum were used to be irradiated in the neutron field. The 14.1 MeV neutron yield was deduced by counting the characteristic γ-rays of radioisotopes produced by five nuclear reactions [Fe(n,p)Mn, Cu(n,2n)Cu, Cu(n,2n)Cu, Al(n,α)Na, Al(n,p)Mg].

[Spectral analysis of organic/microcavity organic light-emitting devices with the change in thickness of organic layer].

Organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) with emission peak at 520 nm were designed. The electroluminescence (EL) spectra including the integrated intensity, the peak width at half height, and the intensity and the position of the peak of the EL spectra of the OLEDs and microcavity OLEDs (MOLEDs), the total thickness of organic layers which is changeable, were calculated and theoretically analyzed with the thickness of the layer of NPB and light-emitting layer of Alq3 ranging from 10 to 100 nm, respectively. According to these studies, it was found that the optimized OLEDs should be constructed with 70 nm NPB and 62 nm Alq3, and this structure should be more suitable to configurate the MOLEDs.

[Simulation of microcavity organic light emitting device with two kinds of resonant cavity lengths].

The resonant cavity length of microcavity influences the light emitting characteristics of microcavity organic light emitting device (MOLED) directly. According to the related calculation formula of microcavity device, when the lengths of microcavity are lambda/2 and lambda, the authors use transfer matrix method to simulate and compare with the functions of composite light emitting EL when exciton is in different positions of microcavity. The authors found that when the length of microcavity is lambda/2, the peaks of luminous spectrum are all at the 520 nm, and the width of half-peaks are all 17 nm.