Title :
Colloidal Nanocrystals for Applications in Detection of Ionizing Radiation
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87190-4343 USA
Abstract :
The results of our recent investigations of lanthanide-halide- and lead-halide-based nanocrystals for applications in detection of ionizing radiation are described. We show that nanoscintillators offer significant improvements in performance coupled with great savings in cost.
Keywords :
"Nanocrystals","Radiation detectors","Ionizing radiation"
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2905-9;978-1-4244-3901-0
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781331
