Scintillators, a type of material that can emit light after absorbing high-energy particles or rays, play a central role in the field of radiation detection. Scintillators are the core components of nuclear medicine imaging equipment, baggage and container security inspection, non-destructive testing of large industrial equipment, environmental monitoring, and many other applications.
Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods updates readers with the latest developments in the rapidly-advancing area. Opening with a brief introduction, the book covers a range of novel scintillator single crystals; gamma-ray scintillators with garnet-type oxide crystals, pyrochlore-type oxide crystals, halide crystals, neutron scintillators with fluoride crystals, halide crystals, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) scintillators, and fluoride scintillators. Concise chapters also address self-organized scintillators with eutectic morphology and nanoparticle scintillator crystals. - Provides a timely and reliable overview of the achievements, trends, and advances in the field - Highlights new work on single crystals of piezoelectric and scintillator materials, as well as various growth methods of different functional single crystals - Presented in a succinct format that allows readers to quickly ingest key information - Includes real-world perspectives on a variety of industrial applications - Written by an international team of experts in non-organic material science
Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods is a valuable resource for both academics and industry professionals, especially materials scientists, inorganic chemists, and radiation physicists.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 History of Scintillator Developments 1
1.2 Introduction of Conventional Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 2
References 48
2 Gamma-Ray Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 53
References 53
2.1 Garnet-Type Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 55
References 87
2.2 Pyrosilicate-Type Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 91
References 117
2.3 Halide Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 121
References 139
3 Neutron Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 141
3.1 Development of Crystal Growth Method for Fluoride Scintillator 141
3.2 Lithium Scintillators 151
3.3 Borate Scintillators 163
References 164
4 VUV Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 167
4.1 Characteristics of VUV Scintillators 167
4.2 VUV Scintillators (LaF3 ,LiCaAlF6 ,LuLiF4 ,LuF3 ,CaF2 ,BaF2) 167
4.3 Elpasolite-Type VUV Scintillators 167
4.4 Fluorite VUV Scintillator 168
4.5 VUV Scintillators With Two Dopants 168
References 170
5 Perspective on Industrial Applications 173
5.1 Development of Mass Production Process for Scintillator Single Crystals 173
5.2 Development of Radiation Detectors 181
References 184
Index 185
