{"id":230399,"date":"2026-02-03T01:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/real-time-single-event-position-detection-using-high-radiation-tolerance-gan"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:35:34","slug":"real-time-single-event-position-detection-using-high-radiation-tolerance-gan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/real-time-single-event-position-detection-using-high-radiation-tolerance-gan","title":{"rendered":"Real-time single-event position detection using high-radiation-tolerance GaN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/real-time-single-event-position-detection-using-high-radiation-tolerance-gan2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Silicon semiconductors are widely used as particle detectors; however, their long-term operation is constrained by performance degradation in high-radiation environments. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated real-time, two-dimensional position detection of individual charged particles using a gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor with superior radiation tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Silicon (Si)-based devices are widely used in electrical and electronic applications; however, prolonged exposure to high radiation doses leads to performance degradation, malfunction, and eventual failure. These limitations create a strong demand for alternative semiconductor materials capable of operating reliably in harsh environments, including high-energy accelerator experiments, nuclear-reactor containment systems, and long-duration lunar or deep-space missions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-01-semiconductor-detectors-extreme-environments.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\" target=\"_blank\">Wide-bandgap semiconductors<\/a>, characterized by strong atomic bonding, offer the radiation tolerance required under such conditions. Among these materials, <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-06-hardy-transistor-material-game-changer.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\" target=\"_blank\">gallium nitride<\/a> (GaN)\u2014commonly employed in blue light-emitting diodes and high-frequency, high-power electronic devices\u2014has not previously been demonstrated in detectors capable of two-dimensional particle-position sensing for particle and nuclear physics applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon semiconductors are widely used as particle detectors; however, their long-term operation is constrained by performance degradation in high-radiation environments. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated real-time, two-dimensional position detection of individual charged particles using a gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor with superior radiation tolerance. Silicon (Si)-based devices are widely used in electrical and electronic [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,873,48,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nuclear-energy","category-particle-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}