Structured scintillators for efficient radiation detection

Z Lin, S Lv, Z Yang, J Qiu, S Zhou - Advanced science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Scintillators, which can convert high‐energy ionizing radiation into visible light, have been
serving as the core component in radiation detectors for more than a century of history. To …

Dual energy x-ray methods for the characterization, quantification and imaging of calcification minerals and masses in breast

N Martini, V Koukou, C Michail, G Fountos - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dual energy (DE) technique has been used by numerous studies in order to detect breast
cancer in early stages. Although mammography is the gold standard, the dual energy …

Luminescence Efficiency of Cadmium Tungstate (CdWO4) Single Crystal for Medical Imaging Applications

C Michail, V Koukou, N Martini, G Saatsakis, N Kalyvas… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: In this study, the light output of a cadmium tungstate (CdWO4) single crystal
was measured under various X-ray radiographic energies. Methods: A CdWO4 single crystal …

On the optical response of tellurium activated zinc selenide ZnSe: Te single crystal

D Linardatos, A Konstantinidis, I Valais, K Ninos… - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, the light output of a zinc selenide activated with tellurium (ZnSe: Te) single
crystal was measured for X-ray radiography applications. A cubic crystal (10× 10× 10 mm) …

Optimization of beta radioluminescent batteries with different radioisotopes: a theoretical study

H Moayedi, S Hajibaba, H Afarideh… - Nuclear Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a beta radioluminescent battery with different radioisotopes is studied, and
different parameters of the proposed structure are optimized. These parameters include the …

Effect of nanostructure size and dielectric environment on linear and nonlinear dielectric functions in GaN/AlxGa1-xN core shell quantum dots

A Naifar, N Zeiri, N Yahyaoui, A Jbeli… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this research, the effective mass approximation (EMA) and the compact density matrix
approach have been used to compute the energy eigenvalues, linear, nonlinear and total …

On the thermal response of LuAG: Ce single crystals

G Saatsakis, D Linardatos, G Karpetas… - Procedia Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is well known that the luminescence efficiency of single crystals is affected by external
parameters, such as the environmental temperature, especially in harsh environments. Due …

Enhanced radioluminescence and improved radioluminescent nuclear battery output performance more than 50% with SiO2 nanosphere coating

Y He, Z Xu, H Wang, M Bian, Y Liu, X Tang - Journal of Luminescence, 2023 - Elsevier
Radioluminescent nuclear battery as a typical representative of small power device based
on the generation and utilization of radioluminescence, which can stable energy supply for …

Luminescence efficiency of CaF2: Eu single crystals: Temperature dependence

G Saatsakis, K Ninos, I Valais, N Martini… - Procedia Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the last decades, there is increasing interest in applications of scintillators at harsh
environments (ie, high temperatures or radiation fluxes), such as in geophysical detectors for …

Linear and nonlinear optical properties of CdSe/ZnTe core/shell spherical quantum dots embedded in different dielectric matrices

A Naifar, N Zeiri, SAB Nasrallah, M Said - Photonics and Nanostructures …, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on a two-level system, the linear and third-order nonlinear optical properties are
analyzed for CdSe/ZnTe spherical core/shell quantum dots embedded in various dielectric …