Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, cilt.234, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
Nuclear radiation is widely used in energy production, industry, medicine, agriculture, space, and aviation applications, as well as various research fields. Exposure to radiation without protective measures can lead to cell damage and death due to mutagenic effects, depending on the type and dose of radiation. It is crucial to protect patients and workers from radiation damage during radiotherapy applications. In this study, two different tungsten (VI) complexes were synthesized using organic compounds and tungsten metal. The absorption properties of these complexes against radiation entering tissues and cells in neutron radiation applications were determined both experimentally and theoretically. The effective removal cross-section, half-value layer, mean free path, and transmission ratio (e.g. the effective neutron attenuation coefficients) were theoretically calculated using Monte Carlo simulation with the Geant4 toolkit for fast and epithermal energy neutrons. The neutron radiation absorption capacities of the studied samples were experimentally determined using an Am–Be fast neutron source and a BF3 gas detector. It was found that all samples absorbed the dose from the source at rates of 28.42 % (S1), 33.83 % (S2), 26.63 % (S33), and 29.93 % (S4). According to the obtained results, it was determined that each synthesized complex has the ability to absorb fast and epithermal neutrons, with sample S2, S4 displaying the optimum neutron stopping capacity. Therefore, it was shown that these complexes can be employed as a radioprotective agent to development any radioprotective drug.