Preliminary study on the properties of zinc oxide (ZnO) for alpha particles detection

Background:: due to the difficules of locally obtaining zns(ag),preliminary invesgaon of the radioluminescence characterizaon of zinc oxide (zno) for alpha parcle detecon was performed. materials and methods: the scinllaon properes of zno films were tested using alpha sources (am-241). the correlaons between zno scinllaon responses and irradiaon me and source acvity were also verified and compared with the response of a zns(ag) detector. results: the obtained results showed that the response of zno was linear with the exposure me,and the uncertainty of the repeatability was less than 1%. in addion,zno was found to have good radiaon resistance over a wide range of doses. conclusion: the preliminary results may be indicave that the proposed zno detector could be considered as a promising detector for alpha parcles.