Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul...
by MengerSponge on Sunday January 29, 2023 @03:35PM
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No. MEMS means electromechanical, and scintillation needs solid state: a crystal and a photon detector of some kind. The crystal can't be miniaturized because there's a minimum thickness you need to capture the photon and Compton electrons*.
Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul...
by car on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:53AM
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You're right, I stand corrected.
This page [0] has an image of a small scintillator plus photomultiplier, but probably too thick for a phone.
Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul...
by qwezxcrty on Sunday January 29, 2023 @03:46PM
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Although some weird Japanese phone makers did have smartphones with radiation detector built-in (SHARP 107sh and 205sh), I don't think it would be a popular feature.
There isn't so many cases in daily life that one can encounter a radioactive source. Even if you are actively looking for one (don't do it), you will have a hard time if you don't work with radioactive sources occupationally.
Also, it's not physically possible to create a small and yet sensitive radiation detector.
That was my first thought too. Do you think it’s physically possible to make a MEMS scintiallation device?