Past and present status in the development of liquid scintillators for neutrino experiments

This paper describes the past and present status in the development of liquid scintillators (LSs) for several neutrino experiments. Various LSs are commonly used for detecting neutrinos coming from atmospheric, solar, accelerator beam and reactor experiments. For a successful neutrino experiment, the LS should be chemically stable over the duration of the experiment. Furthermore, certain optical and physical properties, as well as safety concerns, should be satisfied. Investigating the various characteristics of the LSs used in neutrino experiments is important. In this paper LSs used for several neutrino experiments are briefly summarized and reviewed.