Jianjia Li, Yunfei Ren, Zhicheng Wang, Xiaoming Li
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Abstract
Low-dimensional copper-based halides have garnered wide attention due to their strong self-trapped exciton (STE) emission, among which, Cs3Cu2I5 (CCI), characterized by a zero-dimensional electronic structure, exhibits promising application potential across multiple fields owing to its non-toxicity and excellent environmental stability. Notably, its exceptional radioluminescence properties make it an outstanding scintillator material for high-energy radiation detection. In recent years, although reports on diverse CCI material morphologies abound, bulk single crystals have become the primary focus because of their superior light output and low defect density. In this review, we systematically summarize and discuss the growth methodologies and applications of CCI bulk single crystals, which encompasses both melt and solution growth techniques, as well as currently developed and potentially superior application scenarios. Furthermore, we dedicate a section to discuss doping engineering strategies applied to CCI materials and the resultant property enhancements. Finally, the key challenges and future research directions for CCI bulk single crystals are outlined.
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The journal seeks to publish papers that present advances in the following areas: spontaneous and stimulated luminescence (including scintillating materials, thermoluminescence, and optically stimulated luminescence); electron spin resonance of natural and synthetic materials; the physics, design and performance of radiation measurements (including computational modelling such as electronic transport simulations); the novel basic aspects of radiation measurement in medical physics. Studies of energy-transfer phenomena, track physics and microdosimetry are also of interest to the journal.
Applications relevant to the journal, particularly where they present novel detection techniques, novel analytical approaches or novel materials, include: personal dosimetry (including dosimetric quantities, active/electronic and passive monitoring techniques for photon, neutron and charged-particle exposures); environmental dosimetry (including methodological advances and predictive models related to radon, but generally excluding local survey results of radon where the main aim is to establish the radiation risk to populations); cosmic and high-energy radiation measurements (including dosimetry, space radiation effects, and single event upsets); dosimetry-based archaeological and Quaternary dating; dosimetry-based approaches to thermochronometry; accident and retrospective dosimetry (including activation detectors), and dosimetry and measurements related to medical applications.