Radiation Shielding Materials (Volume II)

Dear Colleagues,

With the increased use of radiation across vast fields of work, it is necessary to also develop radiation shields that can adequately protect the bodies of workers and patients that come into contact with high-energy photons. Radiation shields, or materials that are used to absorb radiation, are necessary to properly attenuate ionizing radiation, which is defined as radiation that has sufficient energy to detach electrons from atoms. Long-term human exposure to ionizing radiation can cause permanent tissue damage, acute radiation syndrome, cancer, and death in extreme cases. Thus, to prevent these effects, workers and patients must be provided with efficient radiation shields that will lower the levels of radiation to safe enough levels.

When deciding on a material to use to attenuate radiation, several specific aspects of application must be considered, such as the energies of incoming photons, the environmental conditions of the radiation source (indoors or outdoors), whether transparency is necessary, etc. Because of these varying uses, a shield that may be ideal for one specific situation may not be an effective shield in another. Some examples of commonly used radiation shielding materials include concrete, alloys, pure lead, and glasses. All these materials offer their own unique pros and cons but are receiving attention by various researchers in the radiation shielding community to attempt to discover the ideal shielding material for each application.

The Special Issue on “Radiation Shielding Materials (Volume II)” will focus on novel materials used for radiation protection applications in different fields, such as medicine, science, nuclear industry, electronics, and aerospace.

Dr. M.I. Sayyed
Dr. Daria Tishkevich
Guest Editors

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• ionizing radiation
• radiation shielding
• electromagnetic shielding
• computer simulation
• glasses as shielding materials
• ceramics as shielding materials
• films and coatings as shielding materials
• attenuation factors
• radioisotopes
• morphological, structural, mechanical, optical, and radiation shielding properties

• Radiation Shielding Materials in Materials (16 articles)