Many of the INTELUM partners attended and presented results from the INTELUM project during the 14th International Conference on Scintillating Materials and their Applications (SCINT), which was organised by CERN and held during 18th - 22nd September 2017 in Chamonix, France.
For the past 25 years, SCINT has brought together more than 300 experts in inorganic scintillators and their applications, from both industry and academia. This year’s conference covered the following research topics:
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Novel scintillators, including new possibilities offered by the development of nanotechnologies;
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Scintillator characterization, with a special consideration for ultra-fast transient phenomena;
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Scintillation mechanisms, including non- proportionality and new phenomena leading to fast luminescence;
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Defect and radiation damage, in connection with the recent upgrade of particle accelerators;
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Scintillator growth and production. It also includes new structured materials such as eutectic as well as hybrid materials;
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Applications of scintillators;
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Scintillation detectors and read out systems, including new technologies.
The exciting scientific programme was complemented with an equally outstanding social programme offered to the participants. Events ranged from tasting regional products to a mountain hike in the Balcon du Mont Blanc trail.
