Recent progress of thermoluminescent detector

Recent reports of two newly developed high sensitive thermoluminescent materials LiF:Mg, Cu, P and Al2O3:C have been reviewed. These include sensitivity, glow curve structure, annealing program, tissue-equivalence, fading and residual signal and so on. The two kinds of materials exhibit respective advantages and shortcomings in application for different fields of dosimetry (professional exposure, personal, environmental, clinical and β/γ,n/mixed radiation fields dosimetry)