Growth of lead iodide platelets for room temperature X-ray detection by the vapor transport method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4507, Issue , 2001, Pages 90-98

  Fornaro, L ^a   Saucedo, E ^a   Mussio, L ^a   Gancharov, A ^a  

^a Faculty of Chemistry   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Lead iodide; PbI2; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CURRENT DENSITY; EVAPORATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PURIFICATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

VAPOR TRANSPORT METHOD;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035762491     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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