Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Radiographic imaging and tomography (RadIT), which started with Röntgen’s seminal X-ray work in 1895, now include an increasing number of imaging and tomography (IT) modalities. In addition to the original absorption-based X-ray radiography, others include phase contrast X-ray imaging, coherent X-ray diffractive imaging, MeV X- and γ-ray radiography, X-ray computed tomography, proton IT, neutron IT, positron emission tomography (PET), high-energy electron radiography, and cosmic-ray muon tomography. Scintillators are widely used in RadIT as the detector frontend that converts ionizing radiation into signals and data. We give an overview of the status and needs of scintillator applications in RadIT. More than 160 kinds of scintillators were presented during the SCINT22 conference, and offered ample options for novel RadIT applications. New trends in scintillators for RadIT applications include inorganic and organic scintillator composites or heterostructures, liquid phase synthesized perovskites and single-crystal micrometer-thick films, use of multi-physics models and data science to guide scintillator and RadIT optimization, structural innovations such as photonic crystals, nano-scintillators enhanced by the Purcell effect, heterostructural scintillating fibers, and multilayer configurations. RadIT have also been recognized as powerful tools for scintillator discovery and development.
Authors: Zhehui Wang, Christophe Dujardin, Matthew S. Freeman, Amanda E. Gehring, James F. Hunter, Paul Lecoq, Wei Liu, Charles L. Melcher, C. L. Morris, Martin Nikl, Ghanshyam Pilania, Reeju Pokharel, Daniel G. Robertson, Daniel J. Rutstrom, Sky K. Sjue, Anton S. Tremsin, S. A. Watson, Brenden W. Wiggins, Nicola M. Winch, Mariya Zhuravleva
Institutions: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lyon 1 Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Lumière Matière, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Mayo Clinic Hospital, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Czech Academy of Sciences, FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,345
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Clemson University, California Institute of Technology, University of Tennessee, CERN, Cranfield University, Technische Universiteit Delft, Akademie Věd České Republiky, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Office of Nuclear Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Awards: G1017065088, G1071216263, G1079818582, G1130533839, G1286236842, G2845070124, G3083819904, G3891545114, G5013476584, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NONPROLIFERATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM, G7354628648, G7842760264, TO CONDUCT NONPROLIFERATION RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND DEVELOP HUMAN CAPITAL FOR THE NATION'S NATIONAL AND NUCLEAR SECURITY MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF DNN R&D., G89634103
OpenAlex ID: W4382393552