High-Dose Measurements Using Boron Difluoride Curcuminoids: From Liquid Solutions to Polymeric Films
摘要
Abstract
This work continues the recently started study of radiation chemistry of boron difluoride β-diketonates with an eye to the use of the dyes of this family in ionizing radiation dosimetry. Using three compounds that are generally similar in structure but differ in one substituent, we prepared a series of thin poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films, whose optical response to X-rays was comprehensively examined and collated with the reaction of the same molecules in organic solvents. The demonstrated differences indicate the importance of a detailed investigation of the transition from liquid dosimetric solutions of organic dyes to their polymeric films.