Advantages and problems of nanocrystalline scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1536-1541

  Klassen, N V ^a   Kedrov, V V ^a   Kurlov, V N ^a   Ossipyan, Yu A ^a   Shmurak, S Z ^a   Shmyt'ko, I M ^a   Strakova, G K ^a   Kobelev, N P ^a   Kudrenko, E A ^a   Krivko, O A ^a   Kiselev, A P ^a   Bazhenov, A V ^a   Fursova, T N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Annealing; Luminescence; Lutetium compounds; Medical imaging; Radiation effects; Radiation monitoring of nuclear reactors; Scintillation detectors; Security control

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARDNESS; KINETICS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; METALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; LAYERED STRUCTURED; LIGHT YIELD (LY); MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NANO CRYSTALLINE; RADIATION HARDNESS; RADIATION MONITORING; RARE EARTH FLUORIDES; RARE-EARTH OXIDES;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 45849121432     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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