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Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, Volume. 43, Issue 3, 030101-1(2025)

Research progress on properties and thin film preparation of copper based halide cluster scintillators

Weiqing YE^1,3, Jiang LI², Lihua WANG², Ying ZHU², and Jing CHEN^2、*

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Institute of Materiobiology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 201800, China

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Category: REVIEW

Received: Jan. 4, 2025

Accepted: Feb. 13, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 7, 2025

The Author Email: Jing CHEN (陈静)

DOI:10.11889/j.1000-3436.2025-0001

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