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Use of poly(ethylene naphthalate) as a self-vetoing structural material

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ffischer@mpp.mpg.de

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1 MPI for Physics, Munich, Germany

2 Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

3 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

4 TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

5 Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, CZ-11000 Prague, Czech Republic

6 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

7 Nuvia a.s., Třebíč, Czech Republic

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Abstract

Poly(ethylene naphthalate), PEN, is an industrial polyester which has been shown to scintillate in the blue wavelength region. Combined with measurements of a high intrinsic radiopurity, this has sparked interest in the material for use in low-background experiments.

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