Low Afterglow Composite Scintillator for Real-Time X-Ray Imaging.

Xiangzhou Zhang, Yeqi Liu, Nianqiao Liu, Zhaolai Chen, Yuhai Zhang, Xiao Cheng

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Xiangzhou ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5999-8579

Yeqi LiuInstitute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (IAIR), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.

Nianqiao LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250100, China.

Zhaolai ChenState Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, No. 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan 250100, China.

Yuhai ZhangInstitute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (IAIR), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0175-0383

Xiao ChengSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1881-805X

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2024ME181Shandong Province Science and Technology Smes Ability Improvement Project 2025TSGCCZZB0493Young Talent of Lifting engineering for Science and Technology in Shandong SDAST2024QTA010

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rare-earth fluoride nanocrystals have emerged as promising scintillator materials due to their excellent optical properties, environmental stability, and ease of fabrication into flexible screens. However, their practical application is often hindered by persistent afterglow, a phenomenon caused by deep trap states that capture and slowly release charge carriers after X-ray excitation, which leads to signal overlap and image artifacts in dynamic imaging scenarios. This study addresses this critical challenge by developing Ce

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Ce3+/Tb3+ co-doped NaLuF4low afterglowX-ray imaging

Identifiers

PMID41598147

DOI10.3390/ma19020437

PMCPMC12843054

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