Ionizing-radiation-induced storage-luminescence for dosimetric applications

T Yanagida, G Okada, N Kawaguchi - Journal of Luminescence, 2019 - Elsevier
Storage phosphors have been used for luminescent-type dosimeters to measure radiation
dose. Common storage-luminescence phenomena are optically-stimulated luminescence …

Europium enabled luminescent nanoparticles for biomedical applications

SS Syamchand, G Sony - Journal of Luminescence, 2015 - Elsevier
Lanthanide based nanoparticles are receiving great attention ought to their excellent
luminescent and magnetic properties and find challenging biomedical applications. Among …

Energy Transfer Study on Dense Eu3+/Tb3+‐Coactivated Oxyfluoride Borogermanate Scintillating Glasses

XY Sun, ZP Ye, ZJ Zhang, LW Liu… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Tb3+‐, Eu3+‐activated, and Eu3+/Tb3+‐coactivated oxyfluoride borogermanate scintillating
glasses with the density of about 6.50 g/cm3 were successfully synthesized by a melt …

Samarium‐Doped Fluorochlorozirconate Glass–Ceramics as Red‐Emitting X‐Ray Phosphors

C Koughia, A Edgar, CR Varoy, G Okada… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We have examined the photoluminescence (PL) and X‐ray luminescence (XL) of
fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) glass–ceramics (FCZ‐GC) doped with Sm3+ and Sm2+ ions …

Optical properties of divalent samarium-doped fluorochlorozirconate glasses and glass ceramics

A Edgar, CR Varoy, C Koughia, D Tonchev, G Belev… - Optical materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Glass ceramics comprising Sm2+-doped barium chloride in both hexagonal and
orthorhombic phases embedded in a fluorochlorozirconate glass matrix have been …

Multi-functionality of fluorescent nanocrystals in glass ceramics

S Schweizer, B Henke, PT Miclea, B Ahrens… - Radiation …, 2010 - Elsevier
Thermal processing of as-made fluorozirconate glasses, which were additionally doped with
rare-earth and chlorine ions, results in the formation of fluorescent nanocrystals therein. For …

High resolution imaging system for digital dentistry

RS Nelson, WB Nelson - US Patent 10,914,847, 2021 - Google Patents
A structured dental X-ray detector implements an array of holes or channels filled with at
least one of polycrystalline, amorphous, or nano-particle semiconductor X-ray or gamma ray …

BaCl2 an efficient replacement of CdCl2 treatment step for thermally deposited CdTe thin film

WAA Syed, A Ali, N Rafiq, WH Shah… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Cadmium telluride (CdTe), a II–VI compound semiconductor has long been identified as
suitable absorber material. A central part of the fabrication process includes the coating of …

Characterization of Luminescent Materials with 151Eu Mössbauer Spectroscopy

F Steudel, JA Johnson, CE Johnson, S Schweizer - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
The application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to luminescent materials is described. Many
solids doped with europium are luminescent, ie, when irradiated with light they emit light of a …

Nanocrystallization in fluorochlorozirconate glass‐ceramics

CJ Alvarez, Y Liu, RL Leonard… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Heat treating fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) glasses nucleates nanocrystals in the glass matrix,
resulting in a nanocomposite glass‐ceramic that has optical properties suitable for use as a …