Application of commercial glasses for high gamma dose measurement using optical densitometric technique

Effect of thermal treatments on sputtered silver nanocluster/silica composite coatings on soda-lime glasses: ionic exchange and antibacterial activity

“…Only after gamma irradiation a moderate darkening of samples can be seen (figure 8, fourth row): it can be ascribed to the formation of colour centres in the glass network of soda-lime substrate as widely reported in literature for gamma irradiation of glasses (Narayan P et al 2008, Ezz-Eldin FM et al 2008.…”

“…After gamma irradiation (figure 8, fourth row) and ethylene oxide sterilizations (figure 8, fifth row), no detectable variation in the coating visual appearance has been revealed for both as deposited and thermally treated samples. A moderate darkening of samples can be noticed after gamma irradiation and can be attributed to the colour change of gamma irradiated glasses, widely documented in literature (Narayan P et al 2008, Ezz-Eldin FM et al 2008.…”

Effects of sterilization and storage on the properties of ALP-grafted biomaterials for prosthetic and bone tissue engineering applications

“…It can be attributed to the interaction between glass structure and high-energy radiation. The color change in glasses due to ionizing radiation has been widely described in the literature and employed in the realization of radiation dosimeters [26,27]. The interaction between radiation and glass structure results in free electrons and holes, which are trapped in structural defects of a material (vacancies, interstitials, impurities, etc).…”