Publisher Correction: Direct thermal neutron detection by the 2D semiconductor 6LiInP2Se6

Future of Semiconductor Based Thermal Neutron Detectors

Thermal neutron detectors have seen only incremental improvements over the last decades. In this paper we overview the current technology of choice for thermal neutron detection – He tubes, which suffer from, moderate to poor fieldability, and low absolute efficiency. The need for improved neutron detection is evident due to this technology gap and the fact that neutrons are a highly specific i...

Publisher Correction: Interferometer techniques for gravitational-wave detection

Design and performance considerations for perforated semiconductor thermal-neutron detectors

Perforated silicon structures backfilled with either B or LiF are presently under construction as high efficiency thermal-neutron detectors. Although many perforated structures are possible, there are three fundamental designs that are studied in the present work, namely (a) cylindrical perforations where holes are filled with neutron reactive material, (b) pillar configurations where semicondu...

The Comparative Effect of Direct-only Correction and Direct Metalinguistic Correction on the Improvement of EFL Learners’ Writing Ability

This study aimed at comparing the impact of two types of teacher feedback on Iranian EFL learners’ writing ability and their verb tense consistency in L2 writing. Following the administration of a standardized language proficiency test (Preliminary English Test), sixty-two participants were selected and were randomly assigned to the control (direct-only correction) and experimental (direct meta...

Microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors

Perforated semiconductor neutron detectors are compact diode detectors that operate at low power and can be fashioned to have high thermal neutron detection efficiency. Fabricated from high-purity Si wafers, the perforations are etched into the diode surface with ICP-RIE and backfilled with LiF neutron reactive material. The intrinsic thermal neutron detection efficiency depends upon many facto...