Advanced halide scintillators: From the bulk to nano

V Vaněček, K Děcká, E Mihóková… - Advanced Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Halide scintillators have been playing a crucial role in the detection of ionizing radiation
since the discovery of scintillation in NaI: Tl in 1948. The discovery of NaI: Tl motivated the …

Optimizing the Scintillation Kinetics of CsI Scintillator Single Crystals by Divalent Cation Doping: Insights from Electronic Structure Analysis and Luminescence Studies

DS Sisodiya, SG Singh… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Investigating the effect of codopants on the afterglow and pulse shape discrimination of Tl-
doped CsI is very crucial for its successful applications in the fields of particle identification …

Approaching the theoretical light yield limit in CsI (Tl) scintillator single crystals by a low-temperature solution method

W Wang, H Qi, F Liu, H Meng, J Cai, S Xu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A nonvacuum solution-based growth process featuring an inverse temperature
crystallization was demonstrated to grow high light yield halide scintillator single crystals …

Pulse shape discrimination properties of Gd3Ga3Al2O12: Ce, B single crystal in comparison with CsI: Tl

S Rawat, M Tyagi, PK Netrakanti, VKS Kashyap… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Single crystals of Gd 3 Ga 3 Al 2 O 12: Ce, B and CsI: Tl were grown by Czochralski
and Bridgman techniques, respectively. While both the crystals exhibited similar emission at …

Effect of OH content in the quartz crucible on the growth and quality of CsI single crystals and remedies

GD Patra, SG Singh, DG Desai, S Pitale, M Ghosh… - Journal of Crystal …, 2020 - Elsevier
We have investigated the effect of hydroxyl (OH) content in fused silica crucible on the
scintillation and optical properties of the CsI single crystal, but not limited to, grown by …

An environmental gamma spectrometry system with CsI (Tl) scintillator and FPGA based MCA for open field deployment

P Mitra, A Gupta, GP Reddy, S Srivastava… - Applied Radiation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inorganic scintillator-based gamma spectrometry is typically carried out under laboratory
conditions by using systems that require AC mains supply and dedicated computers for their …

High-quality CsI (Tl) single-crystal flake scintillators grown by the space-confined solution method

Z Lai, W Wang, F Liu, Z Liu, S Wang, J Lai, J Chen… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
CsI (Tl) scintillator has been widely used in X-ray flat-panel detectors due to excellent
performance characteristics including a suitable Si-photodiode emission wavelength …

Large-Size KCa0.8Sr0.2I3:Eu2+ Crystals: Growth and Characterization of Scintillation Properties

Y Wu, AC Lindsey, M Zhuravleva… - Crystal Growth & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The newly developed KCa0. 8Sr0. 2I3: Eu2+ scintillator with 2.5% energy resolution at 662
keV shows great potential for use in gamma-ray spectroscopy applications, but progress …

Development and characterization of polycrystalline transparent CsI plate for X-ray radiography applications

S Sen, PS Sarkar, GD Patra, SG Singh, M Ghosh… - Ceramics …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper we report a novel way of processing CsI powder into poly-crystalline
transparent plate by vacuum hot pressing technique. The fabricated CsI plate is investigated …

A theoretical study of CsI: Tl columnar scintillator image quality parameters by analytical modeling

N Kalyvas, I Valais, C Michail, G Fountos… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Medical X-ray digital imaging systems such as mammography, radiography and computed
tomography (CT), are composed from efficient radiation detectors, which can transform the X …