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A Transparent Nano-Polycrystalline ZnWO(4) Thin-Film Scintillator for High-Resolution X-ray Imaging
[Image: see text] Facile approaches for creating thin-film scintillators with high spatial resolutions and variable shapes are required to broaden the applicability of high-resolution X-ray imaging. In this study, a transparent nano-polycrystalline ZnWO(4) thin-film scintillator was fabricated by th...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Chemical Society
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656202/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34901674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05962 |
Sumario: | [Image: see text] Facile approaches for creating thin-film scintillators with high spatial resolutions and variable shapes are required to broaden the applicability of high-resolution X-ray imaging. In this study, a transparent nano-polycrystalline ZnWO(4) thin-film scintillator was fabricated by thermal evaporation for high-resolution X-ray imaging. The scintillator is composed of nano-sized grains smaller than the optical wavelength range to minimize optical scattering. The high transparency of the scintillators affords a sufficiently high spatial resolution to resolve the 2 μm line and space patterns when used in a high-resolution X-ray imaging system with an effective pixel size of 650 nm. The thermal evaporation method is a convenient approach for depositing thin and uniform films on complex substrates. ZnWO(4) thin-film scintillators with various shapes, such as pixelated and curved, were fabricated via thermal evaporation. The results show that the transparent nano-polycrystalline ZnWO(4) thin-film scintillator deposited through thermal evaporation has a potential for use in various high-resolution X-ray imaging applications. |
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