Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods (Yuui Yokota)

Provides an up-to-date summary of new scintillating materials for ionization radiation detectors and recent progress in growth methods for single crystals
 
Scintillators, a type of material that can emit light after absorbing high-energy particles or rays, play a central role in the field of radiation detection. Scintillators are the core components of nuclear medicine imaging equipment, baggage and container security inspection, non-destructive testing of large industrial equipment, environmental monitoring, and many other applications.
 
Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods updates readers with the latest developments in the rapidly-advancing area. Opening with a brief introduction, the book covers a range of novel scintillator single crystals; gamma-ray scintillators with garnet-type oxide crystals, pyrochlore-type oxide crystals, halide crystals, neutron scintillators with fluoride crystals, halide crystals, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) scintillators, and fluoride scintillators. Concise chapters also address self-organized scintillators with eutectic morphology and nanoparticle scintillator crystals.
 
* Provides a timely and reliable overview of the achievements, trends, and advances in the field
* Highlights new work on single crystals of piezoelectric and scintillator materials, as well as various growth methods of different functional single crystals
* Presented in a succinct format that allows readers to quickly ingest key information
* Includes real-world perspectives on a variety of industrial applications
 
Written by an international team of experts in non-organic material science
Inorganic Scintillator and Crystal Growth Methods is a valuable resource for both academics and industry professionals, especially materials scientists, inorganic chemists, and radiation physicists.

Yuui Yokota was born in Kumamoto, Japan, in 1979. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 2003, 2005, and 2008, respectively, all in applied physics.,He became an Assistant Professor with the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, in 2008. In 2011, he joined the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, as an Assistant Professor. In 2013, he became an Associate Professor with the New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University. He has been involved in nonorganic material science, especially single crystals of piezoelectric and scintillator materials, and developed a various growth methods of the various functional single crystals. Dr. Yokota is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 161 committee.
 
Masao Yoshino, Associate Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan.
 
Takahiko Horiai, Assistant Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan.

Buch (Hardcover), Englisch, 208 Seiten