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Microfluidic scintillation detectors are devices of recent introduction for the detection of high energy particles, developed within the PH-DT group at CERN. Most of the interest for such technology comes from the use of liquid scintillators, which entails the possibility of changing the active material in the detector, leading to an increased radiation resistance.
This feature, together with the high spatial resolution and low thickness deriving from the microfabrication techniques used to manufacture such devices, is desirable not only in instrumentation for high energy physics experiments but also in medical detectors such as beam monitors for hadron therapy.
This seminar presents the latest developments in the modelling, fabrication, experimental characterization and integration of microfluidic scintillation detectors.