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Review | Open Access

Development and prospects of garnet ceramic scintillators: A review

Danyang ZHU1,2, Martin NIKL3, Weerapong CHEWPRADITKUL4, Jiang LI1,2( )
Key Laboratory of Transparent Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 16200, Czech Republic
Department of Physics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
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Abstract

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 tunable and versatile properties and a wide range of applications. This paper starts with an overview of the development history of the inorganic scintillation materials, followed by a description of major preparation methods and characterization of garnet scintillation ceramics. Great progress obtained in recent years consisting in applying the band-gap and defect engineering strategies to the garnet scintillation ceramics is reviewed. Finally, the respective problems in the preparation and performance of multicomponent garnet single crystals and ceramics and the effective solutions are discussed. The garnet scintillation ceramics with the highest application potential are summarized, and the future development directions are proposed.

Keywords

single crystalsgarnet ceramicsinorganic scintillatorsscintillation performance

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
Volume 11 Issue 12,
December 2022
Pages 1825-1848
DOI: 10.1007/s40145-022-0660-9
Cite this article:
ZHU D, NIKL M, CHEWPRADITKUL W, et al. Development and prospects of garnet ceramic scintillators: A review. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, 11(12): 1825-1848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0660-9

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Received: 25 May 2022
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Accepted: 06 September 2022
Published: 18 November 2022
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