The field of colloidal synthesis of semiconductors emerged 40 years ago and has reached a
certain level of maturity thanks to the use of nanocrystals as phosphors in commercial …

Scintillators, which can convert high‐energy ionizing radiation into visible light, have been
serving as the core component in radiation detectors for more than a century of history. To …

Solid state photodetectors like silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are playing an important role
in several fields of medical imaging, life sciences and high energy physics. They are able to …

Since the seventies, positron emission tomography (PET) has become an invaluable
medical molecular imaging modality with an unprecedented sensitivity at the picomolar …

Scintillators, materials that produce light pulses upon interaction with ionizing radiation, are
widely employed in radiation detectors. In advanced medical-imaging technologies, fast …

The use of scintillators for the detection of ionizing radiation is a critical aspect in many
fields, including medicine, nuclear monitoring, and homeland security. Recently, lead halide …

The development of X‐ray scintillators with ultrahigh light yields and ultrafast response times
is a long sought‐after goal. In this work, a fundamental mechanism that pushes the frontiers …

Nanomaterials like CsPbBr3, benefiting from quantum confinement effects to feature ultra-
fast decay time and tunable emission, are paving the way for the next generation of fast …

In recent years, the field of radiation detection has witnessed a paradigm shift with the
emergence of plastic scintillators incorporating perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs). This …

Objective. Time-of-flight-positron emission tomography would highly benefit from a
coincidence time resolution (CTR) below 100 ps: improvement in image quality and patient …