Development and prospects of garnet ceramic scintillators: A review

D Zhu, M Nikl, W Chewpraditkul, J Li - Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022 - Springer
Garnet ceramic scintillators are a class of inorganic scintillation materials with excellent
overall performance. The flexibility of cation substitution in different lattice positions leads to …

Compositional engineering of multicomponent garnet scintillators: towards an ultra-accelerated scintillation response

L Martinazzoli, S Nargelas, P Boháček, R Calá… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Optical, luminescence and scintillation characteristics were studied in garnet-type GAGG
single-crystal scintillators grown by the Czochralski method and heavily doped with a cerium …

[HTML][HTML] Exciton interaction with Ce3+ and Ce4+ ions in (LuGd) 3 (Ga, Al) 5O12 ceramics

V Khanin, I Venevtsev, K Chernenko, V Pankratov… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Scintillators based on Ce-doped garnets are regularly co-doped with Mg 2+ or Ca 2+ to form
Ce ions in 4+ state and reduce undesired afterglow. However overly high Ce 4+ …

[HTML][HTML] Composite detectors based on single-crystalline films and single crystals of garnet compounds

S Witkiewicz-Lukaszek, V Gorbenko, T Zorenko… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This manuscript summarizes recent results on the development of composite luminescent
materials based on the single-crystalline films and single crystals of simple and mixed …

Influence of {Ce3+–Mg2+} pairs on the photo-and thermally stimulated luminescence of Mg2+ co-doped Gd3 (Ga, Al) 5O12: Ce single crystals

V Babin, P Bohacek, M Nikl, L Vasylechko… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Single crystals of Gd 3 (Ga, Al) 5 O 12: Ce, Mg with different concentration of Mg 2+
ions varying from 0 to 0.029 at.% are investigated by the X-ray diffraction, steady-state and …

Crystal Growth, Photoluminescence and Radioluminescence Properties of Ce3+-Doped Ba3Y(PO4)3 Crystal

Z Zou, J Weng, C Liu, Y Lin, J Zhu, Y Sun, J Huang… - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inorganic scintillation crystals have been widely used in applications of high-energy physics,
nuclear medical imaging, industrial nondestructive inspection, etc. In this work, a single …

Novel phenomenon of scintillation performances with the component variation in the Mg Co-/nondoped GAGG: Ce crystal

A Zhang, Z Xue, J Qu, Y Ding, S Zhao… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gd3Al2Ga3O12: Ce (GAGG: Ce) shows potential application in the next-generation positron
emission tomography material due to its high light yield and excellent energy resolution. The …

Charge transfer from Eu2+ to trivalent lanthanide co-dopants: Systematic behavior across the series

JJ Joos, I Neefjes, L Seijo… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Electron transfer processes between lanthanide activators are crucial for the functional
behavior and performance of luminescent materials. Here, a multiconfigurational ab initio …

Investigation of the Mechanism of Heterovalent Codo** on the Scintillation Properties of GAGG: Ce Crystals

A Zhang, C Li, Z Xue, S Zhao, P Qiu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Gd3 (Al, Ga) 5O12: Ce (GAGG: Ce) crystal is considered as one of the most efficient
scintillators for nuclear medicine imaging devices and γ detection applications due to its …

Fast (Ce,Gd)3Ga2Al3O12 Scintillators Grown by the Optical Floating Zone Method

T Wu, L Wang, Y Shi, T Xu, H Wang, J Fang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A series of (Ce x Gd1–x) 3Ga2Al3O12 (x= 0–0.8%)(Ce/GGAG) crystals were grown by the
optical floating zone (OFZ) method. Ce/GGAG single crystals with good crystallinity were …