This paper presents new developments in inorganic scintillators widely used for radiation
detection. It addresses major emerging research topics outlining current needs for …

Glass containing optically active nanoparticles have been manufactured for centuries.
However, only in the early 1900s, the invention of ultramicroscope and development of Mie …

Much can be learned from the research and development of scintillator crystals for improving
the scintillation performance of glasses. Relying on the concept of “embedding crystalline …

The study presents a review of research advancements in the field of gamma radiation
detection systems for emergency radiation monitoring, particularly two major sub-systems …

Nano-glasses are next-generation scintillators combining favorably the merits of both
scintillator crystals and glasses. Here, a new nano-glass scintillator is prepared embedding …

Transparent Ce3+-doped nano-glass composites (nano-GCs) embedded with pure and
Gd3+-mixed KLaF4 nanocrystals (NCs) are prepared by a cost-effective and reproducible …

We have studied the scintillation properties of non-doped and Pr-doped BaO–B2O3–SiO2
glasses and glass-ceramics. The glass transition temperature (Tg), the temperature of …

Ce 3+-doped phosphate glasses with intense luminescence were reported extensively for
radiation detection in recent decades. With the same intension, we fabricated glasses of …

Transparent glass-ceramic containing rare-earth doped halide nanocrystals exhibits
enhanced luminescence performance. In this study, a glass-ceramic with Tb doped …

A new scintillation material including CaF 2: Eu nanocrystals contained in SiO 2–Al 2 O 3–
CaO–CaF 2–LiF system was successfully prepared via melting method with additional heat …