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Halide lead perovskites for ionizing radiation detection Open
Halide lead perovskites have attracted increasing attention in recent years for ionizing radiation detection due to their strong stopping power, defect-tolerance, large mobility-lifetime ( μτ ) product, tunable bandgap and simple single cr…
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Metal Halide Perovskites for X-ray Imaging Scintillators and Detectors Open
Radiation detection, using materials to convert high-energy photons to low-energy photons (X-ray imaging) or electrical charges (X-ray detector), has become essential for a wide range of applications including medical diagnostic technologi…
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High spectral resolution of gamma-rays at room temperature by perovskite CsPbBr3 single crystals Open
Gamma-ray detection and spectroscopy is the quantitative determination of their energy spectra, and is of critical value and critically important in diverse technological and scientific fields. Here we report an improved melt growth method…
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Synergistic strain engineering of perovskite single crystals for highly stable and sensitive X-ray detectors with low-bias imaging and monitoring Open
Although three-dimensional metal halide perovskite (ABX 3 ) single crystals are promising next-generation materials for radiation detection, state-of-the-art perovskite X-ray detectors include methylammonium as A-site cations, limiting the…
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High‐Z Sensitized Plastic Scintillators: A Review Open
The need for affordable and reliable radiation detectors has prompted significant investment in new radiation detector materials, due to concerns about national security and nuclear nonproliferation. Plastic scintillators provide an afford…
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Response of 4H-SiC Detectors to Ionizing Particles Open
We report the response of newly designed 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diode (SBD) detector prototype to alpha and gamma radiation. We studied detectors of three different active area sizes (1 × 1, 2 × 2 and 3 × 3 mm2), while all detectors had t…
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Radiation damage in silicon particle detectors: Microscopic defects and macroscopic properties Open
Silicon microstrip and pixel detectors are the key devices for the measurement of particle trajectories in elementary particle collision experiments. In present-day and future high luminosity experiments (e.g. ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and HERA-B) …
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Displacement Damage in Silicon Detectors for High Energy Physics Open
In this article we review the radiation damage issues caused by displacement damage in silicon sensors operating in the harsh radiation environments of High Energy Physics experiments. The origin and parameterization of the changes in the …
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Solution‐Grown Organic and Perovskite X‐Ray Detectors: A New Paradigm for the Direct Detection of Ionizing Radiation Open
The recent years witnessed an unprecedented enhancement in improved functionality materials and in the sophistication of solution‐based device fabrication techniques. Such significant advancements lead to unexpected and effective opportuni…
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Room temperature semiconductor detectors for nuclear security Open
Preventing radioactive sources from being used for harmful purposes is a global challenge. A requirement for solving the challenge is developing radiation detectors that are efficient, sensitive, and practical. Room temperature semiconduct…
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SiC detectors: A review on the use of silicon carbide as radiation detection material Open
Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide bandgap semiconductor with many excellent properties that make it one of the most promising and well-studied materials for radiation particle detection. This review provides an overview of the main advantage…
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Recent Progress in Halide Perovskite Radiation Detectors for Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Open
Detecting hard X-rays and γ-rays with high energy resolution is critical for medical and industrial applications, high-energy fundamental physics, and homeland security. Two types of radiation detectors, indirect-conversion (scintillators)…
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Materials for Gamma-Ray Spectrometers: Inorganic Scintillators Open
Scintillation detectors constitute an important branch of radiation detection instrumentation. The discovery of the inorganic scintillating compound thallium-activated sodium iodide (NaI:Tl) in 1948 was key to the production of the first p…
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Performance of Perovskite CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> Single Crystal Detector for Gamma-Ray Detection Open
Xand gamma-ray detection with a high attenuation coefficient, wide bandgap energy, and large mobilitylifetime (μτ) product. Among them, the all-inorganic cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) perovskite offers advantages over the organic-inorganic…
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Recent technological developments on LGAD and iLGAD detectors for tracking and timing applications Open
This paper reports the last technological development on the Low Gain\nAvalanche Detector (LGAD) and introduces a new architecture of these detectors\ncalled inverse-LGAD (iLGAD). Both approaches are based on the standard\nAvalanche Photo …
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Advances in nuclear detection and readout techniques Open
“A Craftsman Must Sharpen His Tools to Do His Job,” said Confucius. Nuclear detection and readout techniques are the foundation of particle physics, nuclear physics, and particle astrophysics to reveal the nature of the universe. Also, the…
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Overview of the ISS Radiation Environment Observed during the ESA EXPOSE‐R2 Mission in 2014–2016 Open
The radiation risk radiometer‐dosimeter (R3D)‐R2 solid‐state detector performed radiation measurements at the European Space Agency EXPOSE‐R2 platform outside of the Russian “Zvezda” module at the International Space Station (ISS) from 24 …
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Lead-halide Cs4PbBr6 single crystals for high-sensitivity radiation detection Open
Low-dimensional perovskite materials and their derivatives with excellent optical performance are promising candidates for light-emission applications. Herein, centimeter lead-halide Cs 4 PbBr 6 single crystals (SCs), which have been used …
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Flexible perovskite based X-ray detectors for dose monitoring in medical imaging applications Open
Organometallic halide perovskite materials are attracting considerable interest for high performance photovoltaic and photodetector applications due to their exceptional opto-electronic properties and easy processing capability. The high a…
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Enhancing Light Extraction of Inorganic Scintillators Using Photonic Crystals Open
Inorganic scintillators are commonly used as sensors for ionizing radiation detectors in a variety of applications, ranging from particle and nuclear physics detectors, medical imaging, nuclear installations radiation control, homeland sec…
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Evaluation of Scintillator Detection Materials for Application within Airborne Environmental Radiation Monitoring Open
In response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, there has occurred the unabated growth in the number of airborne platforms developed to perform radiation mapping—each utilising various designs of a low-altitude uncrewed …
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Humidity Sensors for High Energy Physics Applications: A Review Open
Modern silicon-based detectors for high-energy physics operate in an experimental environment with sub-zero temperatures. At those temperatures, even low traces of humidity will produce vapor condensation with damages to the detectors. Mon…
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Recent progress in diamond radiation detectors Open
This paper reviews recent progress in diamond radiation detectors. Diamond is an ultra-wide gap (5.5 eV) semiconducting material which has several ideal properties for radiation detectors, such as solar blindness, high temperature operatio…
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Perovskite semiconductors for ionizing radiation detection Open
The detection of ionizing radiation such as X‐ray, γ‐ray, α‐particle, and neutrons has been widely required in medical and industrial areas. Perovskite semiconductor detectors are arousing widespread interest and achieving significant prog…
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DOSIS & DOSIS 3D: radiation measurements with the DOSTEL instruments onboard the Columbus Laboratory of the ISS in the years 2009–2016 Open
The natural radiation environment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) differs significantly in composition and energy from that found on Earth. The space radiation field consists of high energetic protons and heavier ions from Galactic Cosmic Radiati…
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Advances in gamma radiation detection systems for emergency radiation monitoring Open
The study presents a review of research advancements in the field of gamma radiation detection systems for emergency radiation monitoring, particularly two major sub-systems namely (i) the radiation detector and (ii) the detection platform…
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A novel method for the determination of field output factors and output correction factors for small static fields for six diodes and a microdiamond detector in megavoltage photon beams Open
Purpose The goal of this work is to provide a large and consistent set of data for detector‐specific output correction factors, , for small static fields for seven solid‐state detectors and to determine field output factors, , using EBT 3 …
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High efficiency hexagonal boron nitride neutron detectors with 1 cm2 detection areas Open
We report the realization of 1 cm2 hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) thermal neutron detectors with an unprecedented detection efficiency of 59%. This was achieved through improvements in material quality, as reflected in a sixfold enhancemen…
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Silicon Carbide Neutron Detectors for Harsh Nuclear Environments: A Review of the State of the Art Open
Silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor is an ideal material for solid-state nuclear radiation detectors to be used in high-temperature, high-radiation environments. Such harsh environments are typically encountered in nuclear reactor measurem…
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Realizing Simultaneous X‐Ray Imaging and Dosimetry Using Phosphor‐Based Detectors with High Memory Stability and Convenient Readout Process Open
Flexible X‐ray storage phosphor sheets are regarded as promising alternatives to conventional electronic flat‐panel X‐ray detectors, enabling X‐ray imaging and dosimetry in less accessible situations. However, it is a challenge to develop …