Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 3, 0334001(2024)

Research Progresses of Zero-Dimensional Lead-Free Hybrid Halides Scintillators for X-Ray Imaging (Invited)

Wen Li1, Yunyun Li1, Xiaohui Chi1, and Yuntao Wu1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Artificial Crystals Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Xi'an 710024, Shaanxi , China
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    Category: X-Ray Optics

    Received: Sep. 20, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 29, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 7, 2024

    The Author Email: Yuntao Wu (ytwu@mail.sic.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232161

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232161

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