Compositionally disordered crystalline compounds for next generation of radiation detectors

V Retivov, V Dubov, I Komendo, P Karpyuk… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The review is devoted to the analysis of the compositional disordering potential of the crystal
matrix of a scintillator to improve its scintillation parameters. Technological capabilities to …

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 …

Novel Cs2HfCl6 Crystal Scintillator: Recent Progress and Perspectives

S Nagorny - Physics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent progress in Cs2HfCl6 (CHC) crystal production achieved within the last five years is
presented. Various aspects have been analyzed, including the chemical purity of raw …

Growth, structure, and temperature dependent emission processes in emerging metal hexachloride scintillators Cs 2 HfCl 6 and Cs 2 ZrCl 6

V Mykhaylyk, SS Nagorny, VV Nahorna, P Wang… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystals of metal hexachlorides Cs2MCl6 (M= Hf or Zr) have recently emerged as promising
materials for scintillation applications due to their excellent energy resolution. In this work …

Introducing Relatively Isolated In/Out‐Gap Bands in Cs2XCl6 (X = Sn, Hf, Zr, Ti) via B‐Site Substitution: A Route to Brighter Luminescence and Tunable Emission …

Z Gao, X Shen, P Lyu, C Xu, D Fan… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Both theoretical and experimental approaches are utilized to investigate the fluorescence
mechanism of B‐site substituted Cs2XCl6 (A2BX6‐type perovskite, X= Sn, Hf, Zr, Ti), aiming …

[HTML][HTML] A search for rare and induced nuclear decays in hafnium

B Broerman, M Laubenstein, S Nagorny, N Song… - Nuclear Physics A, 2021 - Elsevier
A measurement of hafnium foil using a modified ultra-low-background high purity detector
with optimized sample-to-detector geometry was performed at Laboratori Nazionale del …

[HTML][HTML] Cs2ZrCl6 scintillation properties studied using γ-ray spectroscopy and Compton coincidence technique

L Swiderski, K Brylew, L Janiak, Z Mianowska… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scintillation properties of cesium-zirconium hexachloride (Cs 2 ZrCl 6) were investigated
by γ-ray spectrometry and the Compton Coincidence Technique. The tested cylindrical …

Compositionally Disordered Ceramic (Gd,Y,Tb,Ce)3Al2Ga3O12 Phosphor for an Effective Conversion of Isotopes' Ionizing Radiation to Light

MV Korzhik, PV Karpyuk, AG Bondarau, DE Lelecova… - Ceramics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Compositionally disordered crystalline material (Gd, Y, Tb, Ce) 3Al2Ga3O12 was
demonstrated to be a highly effective converter of corpuscular ionizing radiation into light …

Fast-neutron response of the novel scintillator caesium hafnium chloride

MP Taggart, J Henderson, J O'Neill, R Hawrami… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the performance of the inorganic scintillator caesium hafnium chloride
(CHC) under exposure to the mixed radiation field of an AmBe neutron source and coupled …

Advanced inorganic halide ceramic scintillators

R Hawrami, E Ariesanti, A Burger, H Parkhe - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Research in ceramic scintillators has steadily progressed alongside the research in bulk
single crystal scintillator growth. As interest in faster scintillation material production with …