Wetzel J.W.Tiras E.Bilki B.Koseyan O.Bostan N.Onel Y.2024-03-132024-03-1320209781728176932https://doi.org/10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507866https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/28432020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2020 -- 31 October 2020 through 7 November 2020 -- -- 176716We report the scintillation decay constants of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) determined by excitation of the plastic substrate with an accelerated beam of protons and resulting light yield measured as a function of time with a photomultiplier attached to an oscilloscope. The decay constant of PEN was found to be 35 ns and PET 7 ns. © 2020 IEEEeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessConference Object10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.95078662-s2.0-85124691013N/A