Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-527-35208-1
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 176 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

Provides an up-to-date summary of new scintillating materials for ionization radiation detectors and recent progress in growth methods for single crystals
Scintillators, a type of material that can emit light after absorbing high-energy particles or rays, play a central role in the field of radiation detection. Scintillators are the core components of nuclear medicine imaging equipment, baggage and container security inspection, non-destructive testing of large industrial equipment, environmental monitoring, and many other applications.
Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods updates readers with the latest developments in the rapidly-advancing area. Opening with a brief introduction, the book covers a range of novel scintillator single crystals; gamma-ray scintillators with garnet-type oxide crystals, pyrochlore-type oxide crystals, halide crystals, neutron scintillators with fluoride crystals, halide crystals, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) scintillators, and fluoride scintillators. Concise chapters also address self-organized scintillators with eutectic morphology and nanoparticle scintillator crystals. - Provides a timely and reliable overview of the achievements, trends, and advances in the field
- Highlights new work on single crystals of piezoelectric and scintillator materials, as well as various growth methods of different functional single crystals
- Presented in a succinct format that allows readers to quickly ingest key information
- Includes real-world perspectives on a variety of industrial applications
- Written by an international team of experts in non-organic material science

Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods is a valuable resource for both academics and industry professionals, especially materials scientists, inorganic chemists, and radiation physicists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yokota, Yuui

Yoshino, Masao

Horiai, Takahiko

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Anorganische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 1

1.1 History of Scintillator Developments 1

1.2 Introduction of Conventional Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 2

References 48

2 Gamma-Ray Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 53

References 53

2.1 Garnet-Type Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 55

References 87

2.2 Pyrosilicate-Type Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 91

References 117

2.3 Halide Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 121

References 139

3 Neutron Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 141

3.1 Development of Crystal Growth Method for Fluoride Scintillator 141

3.2 Lithium Scintillators 151

3.3 Borate Scintillators 163

References 164

4 VUV Scintillators and Crystal Growth Methods 167

4.1 Characteristics of VUV Scintillators 167

4.2 VUV Scintillators (LaF3 ,LiCaAlF6 ,LuLiF4 ,LuF3 ,CaF2 ,BaF2) 167

4.3 Elpasolite-Type VUV Scintillators 167

4.4 Fluorite VUV Scintillator 168

4.5 VUV Scintillators With Two Dopants 168

References 170

5 Perspective on Industrial Applications 173

5.1 Development of Mass Production Process for Scintillator Single Crystals 173

5.2 Development of Radiation Detectors 181

References 184

Index 185

Über Autor(innen)

Yuui Yokota, Associate Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan.
Masao Yoshino, Associate Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan.
Takahiko Horiai, Assistant Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan.