Growth of bismuth tri-iodide platelets for room temperature x-ray detection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2461-2465

  Fornaro, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

BiI3; Bismuth tri iodide; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETERS; FILM GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

BII3; TRI-IODIDE; X-RAY DETECTORS;

BISMUTH;

EID: 8344233527     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.836144     Document Type: Article

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