Speaker
Description
Additive manufacturing technologies have become an indispensable tool in modern accelerator physics and relativistic electron beam research due to their ability to produce complex geometries with tailored material properties.
This study presents a systematic investigation of radiation-related properties of five distinct 3D-printed polymers: SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene) known for its flexibility and impact resistance, HIPS (high-impact polystyrene) valued for its mechanical durability, pure PLA (polylactic acid) as a biodegradable reference material, along with two metal-doped PLA variants containing copper and bronze additives respectively to enhance radiation interaction properties. The comprehensive material characterization protocol included refractive index and transmission rate measurements, Hounsfield units and relative electron density determinations. Particular attention was given to establishing correlations between specific 3D printing parameters and the resulting radiation-related properties of the created samples.
The complete dataset obtained in this study serves as a valuable reference for designing and optimizing 3D-printed components for various accelerator applications including beam collimators, energy degraders, and dosimetry phantom design, while also providing insights into the fundamental relationships between additive manufacturing processes and the resulting radiation interaction properties in polymer-based materials.
This work is supported by the RSF project No. 25-79-10236.
