Detection of charged particles and X-rays by scintillator layers coupled to amorphous silicon photodiode arrays

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Fabrication of Nanoscale Cesium Iodide (CsI) Scintillators for High-Energy Radiation Detection

“…(3) Vertically aligned needle or micro-columnar structures by various vapor deposition methods. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Vieux and Groot described the preparation of needles from alveolate surface of aluminum substrate, and such alveolate surface was prepared by anodization in an electrochemical bath. 23 The anodization resulted AAO nanopores (nanotubes) on the surface, which facilitated the growth of thinner needles.…”

A columnar cesium iodide (CsI) drift plane layer for gas avalanche microdetectors

“…The columnar CsI layer was developed for a previous medical imaging project funded by CRADA [13], and its performance was described in ref. [14]. graphs of -200 !lm thick columnar CsI layer (a) from the side view and (b) from the top view.…”