Karol Bartosiewicz

1 Introduction X-ray imaging is a key technology that is widely employed in medical diagnostics, airport security screening, and the non-destructive inspection of industrial and electronic components [1-3]. Continuous improvements in imaging precision have increased the demand for higher spatial resolution, enhanced sensitivity, and improved signal fidelity, enabling earlier disease detection and more reliable defect analyses in advanced manufacturing [4, 5].

Shaping scintillation and UV-VIS-NIR luminescence properties through synergistic lattice disordered engineering and exciton-mediated energy transfer in Pr3+-doped Lu1.5Y1.5Al5−xScxO12 (x = 0.0–2.0) garnets† This study investigated the crystallization behavior, luminescence and scintillation properties of Pr3+-doped Lu1.5Y1.5Al5−xScxO12 (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) garnets, grown using the micro-pulling-down method, to address challenges associated with the substitution of Sc3+ for Al3+ ions due...

1. Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! The micropulling-down (μ-PD) method is widely used for the crystallization of numerous materials, including oxides, fluorides, semiconductors, and metals. (1,2) The advantage of the method is its ability to have a high pulling rate, which allows the growth of more than one crystal per day, thus remarkably outperforming conventional growth techniques.