Radiation Shielding Glasses and Optical Materials
This community develops borate, phosphate, and tellurite glass systems doped with heavy elements like bismuth and lead to attenuate gamma and neutron radiation, while simultaneously characterizing their structural, optical, and dielectric properties for use in laser media and electronic components.
The work centers on synthesizing and testing glass compositions, with borate glasses appearing in over 500 titles, often modified with bismuth oxide or barium to enhance shielding efficiency. A significant portion of the research involves Monte Carlo simulations to predict radiation attenuation, alongside experimental measurement of thermal, mechanical, and nonlinear optical characteristics. While the primary focus is on radiation protection, a substantial strand of the community investigates the same glass systems for their potential in energy storage, laser applications, and as dielectric substrates, linking shielding performance with broader functional material properties.
The community is most heavily concentrated in bismuth research, accounting for 3.2% of all bismuth-related papers, and erbium research, representing 3.9% of that element's literature. Bismuth also contributes the highest raw paper count within this group, with 1,051 papers, followed by zinc and barium.
The community comprises 13,220 papers, published primarily in the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Optical Materials, and Radiation Physics and Chemistry. Recent work continues to refine borate and borosilicate glass systems with rare-earth dopants, focusing on the interplay between structural evolution, optical properties, and gamma shielding performance.
Papers behind this description
- Impact of HfO2 on the structural, thermal, gamma, and neutron shielding properties of boro-tellurite glasses — Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2025.113993
- Radiation-shielding concrete: A review of materials, performance, and the impact of radiation on concrete properties — Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110800
- A comprehensive review of radiation shielding concrete: Properties, design, evaluation, and applications — Structural Concrete, 2024 — doi:10.1002/suco.202400519
- Improving the optical, thermal, mechanical, electrical properties and antibacterial activity of PVA-chitosan by biosynthesized Ag nanoparticles: Eco-friendly nanocomposites for food packaging applications — International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130668
- Fabrication and Unraveling the Morphological, Structural, Optical and Dielectric Features of PMMA-SiO2/CuO Promising Ternary Nanostructures for Nanoelectronic and Photonic Applications — Silicon, 2024 — doi:10.1007/s12633-024-03131-4
- Progress in Ionizing Radiation Shielding Materials — Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1002/adem.202400855
- Radiation Shielding efficiency of lead-tungsten-boron glasses with Sb, Al, and Bi against gamma, neutron and charge particles — Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111139
- Role of HfO2 on Modifying the structural, optical, elastic, and mechanical features of boro tellurite glasses — Optical Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2024.116564
- Comprehensive investigation of borate-based glasses doped with BaO: An assessment of physical, structural, thermal, optical, and radiation shielding properties — Optical Materials, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115176
- Experimental investigation of radiation shielding competence of B2O3-Na2O-Al2O3-BaO-CaO glass system — Scientific Reports, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63329-9
- Radiation shielding performance of a borate-based glass system doped with bismuth oxide — Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2023.110875
- Enhancing the optical, electrical, dielectric properties and antimicrobial activity of chitosan/gelatin incorporated with Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles: Nanocomposites for use in energy storage and food packaging — Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137011
- PVA/NaAlg–CoFe2O4 nanocomposites: Structural, electrical, magnetic, optical, and dielectric characterization for energy storage and magneto-electronic devices — Ceramics International, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.09.210
- Enhanced photoluminescence and radiation shielding in Mn2+-activated sodium lead borosilicate glasses: Structural and optical insights — Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.physb.2025.417612
- Effect of sodium doping on the microstructure, gamma and neutron radiation shielding of boron silicate glasses: Experimental and computational study — Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2025.112950
- Reinforcing the structural, optical and dielectric properties through the integration of CuO nanoparticles into PS/PMMA:NiFe2O4 electrolyte — Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics, 2025 — doi:10.1007/s10854-025-15704-z
- Synthesis and enhancing the microstructure, optical and dielectric features of PS-PEG-SiC-ZrO2 for optoelectronics and high energy storage applications — Solid State Sciences, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.108169
- Polymer-based nuclear radiation shielding materials: state-of-the-art and emerging trends for engineering applications — Frontiers in Materials, 2025 — doi:10.3389/fmats.2025.1672938