Undoped and 0.1% Tb-doped KHSi2O5 single crystals were synthesized by the hydrothermal method, and their scintillation and dosimetric properties were systematically investigated. The scintillatio ... Read More

Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS) and Ca3TaAl3Si2O14 (CTAS) single crystals were grown by the floating zone method, and their photoluminescence and scintillation properties were investigated. The CTGS and CT ... Read More

The scintillation light yield quenching of Ce-doped Gd2SiO5 (GSO) single crystals under proton and 241Am α-particle irradiation has been investigated. Pulse height spectra of protons with the de ... Read More

Sm-doped CaI2 bulk crystals were synthesized by the vertical Bridgman method, and their photoluminescence and radioluminescence properties were systematically investigated. The samples exhibited ... Read More

KCu2I3·DMSO (K sample, DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide) and RbCu2I3·DMSO (Rb sample) single crystals were fabricated by the solvent diffusion method. The K and Rb samples exhibited a broad emission ... Read More

The photoluminescence (PL) and dosimetric properties of Tm-doped CaGdAlO4 single crystals were investigated. The samples exhibited the luminescence arising from the 4f–4f transitions of Tm3+. T ... Read More

Sr-admixed Ce:CaHfO3 single crystals were synthesized by the floating zone method, and their photoluminescence and scintillation properties were investigated. The 5d–4f transition of Ce3+ exhib ... Read More

Scintillation properties of LiBr:Yb synthesized by the vertical Bridgman–Stockbarger method were investigated. Two emission peaks were observed at 415 and 450 nm under X-ray irradiation, which ... Read More

We evaluated the photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties of Y-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) transparent ceramic (TC) compared with those of a YSZ single crystal (SC). Each material form shows ... Read More

Tm:Y2O3 transparent ceramic scintillators with Tm concentrations of 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, and 10 mol% were fabricated by the spark plasma sintering method to investigate their photoluminescence (PL) an ... Read More

Scintillators have become essential materials in modern society since they find applications in diverse fields such as security screening, resource exploration, and medical imaging. NaI is widely ... Read More

CsI transparent ceramics were sintered by the spark plasma sintering method, and their optical and scintillation properties were evaluated. The transmittance was the highest for the CsI transpare ... Read More

CaS transparent ceramics doped with various concentrations of Eu (0.01, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.5%) were synthesized by the spark plasma sintering method, and their structural, optical, and X-ray-induce ... Read More

Eu-doped Ca2P2O7 was synthesized by a solid-state reaction method, and its radiophotoluminescence (RPL) properties were evaluated. Upon X-ray irradiation, an emission from Eu2+, which is not pres ... Read More

Broadband near-infrared-II (NIR-II) covered phosphors are crucial for LED applications such as biological imaging and optical sensing. In this study, Ca5Ga6−xO14: xCr phosphors, where x represe ... Read More

To explore new radiophotoluminescence (RPL) materials, Eu-doped CaSiO3 was synthesized by a solid-state reaction method, and its RPL behavior was evaluated from the viewpoint of radiation detecti ... Read More

In this study, we investigated the radiation-induced optical responses of NaCaPO4 ceramics doped with Ag (0.1, 0.3, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0%). After irradiating the samples with X-rays, the photolumine ... Read More

Cadmium-rich borate glasses doped with different Nd concentrations were synthesized by the conventional melt-quenching technique, and their photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties wer ... Read More

In this study, Eu-doped (0.1, 0.3, 1.0, and 3.0%) Ga2O3–SiO2 glasses were synthesized by the melt-quenching method using a floating zone furnace. The 0.1–1.0% Eu samples were partially crysta ... Read More

Sn-doped 50BaO–50P2O5 glasses were synthesized by the melt-quenching method, and their radiation response properties were evaluated. In both photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation, all the sa ... Read More

Inorganic glasses are promising candidates for scintillators because of their compositional flexibility, low cost, and ease of fabrication. However, their relatively low light yields and densitie ... Read More

Nanoparticle scintillators have been used in biological applications as internal light sources in biological bodies upon irradiation from outside. In such applications, different kinds of photore ... Read More

Red-emitting Eu-doped Tb3AlxGa5-xO12 (TAGG) nanoparticles were synthesized via a sol–gel method to develop scintillators applicable to in vivo use. The nanoparticles had diameters of approximat ... Read More

Composite films in the Tb2O3–Al2O3 eutectic system were synthesized on sapphire substrates by the laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition method. On a c-cut sapphire substrate, TbAlO3 (TAP)– ... Read More

We synthesized Al-doped ZnO (Al:ZnO) thin films by laser-assisted CVD and investigated their optical, electrical, and scintillation properties. The films exhibited a wurtzite-type ZnO structure w ... Read More

We synthesized low-temperature-phase X1-Y2SiO5 doped with Ce3+ (Ce3+:X1-YSO) on a quartz glass substrate by laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition at a rate of 72 μm h−1. Single-phase Ce3+:X ... Read More

Eu2+ and Dy3+ co-doped SrAl2O4 (Eu2+, Dy3+:SrAl2O4) has a wide range of applications as a persistent phosphor. We demonstrate the rapid synthesis of Eu2+, Dy3+:SrAl2O4 thick film phosphors grown ... Read More

UV-cured plastic scintillators capable of miscibility with aqueous solutions were developed and characterized. We selected a water-miscible monomer, M-240. The photoinitiator concentration and UV ... Read More

To reduce patient radiation exposure in mammographic imaging, we investigated the mechanical and radiographic properties of a newly developed carbon-fiber-reinforced foam (CFRF) and its hybrid st ... Read More

In this study, we investigated the thermally transferred optically stimulated luminescence (TT-OSL) characteristics of BeO ceramic plates with and without annealing treatment, focusing on the eff ... Read More

Ag-doped Na–Al phosphate glasses have been used in commercial personal dosimeters for X-rays, γ-rays, and β-rays owing to their radio-photoluminescence (RPL) properties. The RPL behavior in t ... Read More

The X-ray-induced power generation characteristics of Eu3+-doped Y3Al5O12 (YAG), Gd3Al2Ga3O12 (GAGG), and Lu3Al5O12 (LuAG) single crystal scintillators with different Eu concentrations were evalu ... Read More

Cr 0.05–1.0%-doped Al2O3 ceramics were synthesized by spark plasma and vacuum sintering to compare their power generation properties under α-, β- and X-ray irradiations for nuclear battery ap ... Read More