Characterization and scintillation properties of sol-gel derived Lu2SiO5:Ln3+ (Ln = Ce, Eu and Tb) powders

Optical Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1334-1336

  Mansuy, C ^a,b   Dujardin, C ^c   Mahiou, R ^a   Nedelec, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

LSO; Medical imaging; Scintillation; Sol gel; X ray conversion

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; EUROPIUM; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POWDERS; RARE EARTHS; SCINTILLATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DOPED SAMPLE; LU2SIO5; RARE EARTH DOPED MATERIALS; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SCINTILLATION YIELDS; X RAY CONVERSION;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 67349269208     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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