Mixed halide scintillation materials of a first general formula A.sub.4B.sub.(1-y)M.sub.yX′.sub.6(1-z)X″.sub.6z and a second general formula A.sub.(4-y)BM.sub.yX′.sub.6(1-z)X″.sub.6z are disclosed. In the general formulas, A is an alkali metal, B is an alkali earth metal, and X′ and X″ are two different halogen atoms. Scintillation materials of the first general formula include a divalent external activator M such as Eu.sup.2+ or Yb.sup.2+ or a trivalent external activator M such as Ce.sup.3+. Scintillation materials of the second general formula include a monovalent external activator M such as In.sup.+, Na.sup.+, or Tl.sup.+ or a trivalent external activator such as Ce.sup.3+.

According to an embodiment, a radiation detector comprises a photoelectric conversion substrate and a scintillator layer. The photoelectric conversion substrate converts light into an electrical signal. The scintillator layer contacts the photoelectric conversion substrate and converts radiation incident from the outside into light. The scintillator layer is a fluorescer of CsI containing Tl as an activator. The CsI is a halide. The concentration of the activator inside the fluorescer is 1.6 mass %±0.4 mass %. The concentration of the activator inside the fluorescer in an in-plane direction of the scintillator layer has the relationship of central portion>peripheral portion. The central portion is a central region of a formation region of the scintillator layer. The peripheral portion is an outer circumferential region of the formation region of the scintillator layer.

A scintillation crystal can include a cesium halide that is co-doped with thallium and another element. In an embodiment, the scintillation crystal can include CsX:Tl, Me, where X represents a halogen, and Me represents a dopant selected from the group consisting of chromium (Cr), zirconium (Zr), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), cadmium (Cd), dysprosium (Dy), thulium (Tm), tantalum (Ta), and erbium (Er), the dopant concentration of the element selected from the group consisting of chromium (Cr), zirconium (Zr), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), cadmium (Cd), dysprosium (Dy), thulium (Tm), tantalum (Ta), and erbium (Er) in the scintillation crystal is in a range of 1×10.sup.−7 mol % to 0.5 mol %. In a particular embodiment, the scintillation crystal may have a cesium iodide host material, a first dopant including a thallium cation, and a second dopant including a cation.

A scintillator module includes a substrate, a columnar scintillator crystal layer formed on the substrate, and a non-adhesive moisture-proof member having a given hardness and opposing a crystal growing side of the columnar scintillator crystal layer. The moisture-proof member ensures a void between the moisture-proof member and individual conic peak portions of columnar scintillator crystals forming the columnar scintillator crystal layer under vacuum sealing, and holds the columnar scintillator crystal layer in a moisture-proof state between a moisture-proof layer and the substrate.

A nanoparticle-in-perovskite (NIP) scintillator includes a host matrix and one or more nanoparticles embedded in the host matrix. The one or more nanoparticles are embedded in the host matrix at a loading volume of 20% or less. The host matrix has a thickness of 1 mm or greater. The host matrix is a polycrystalline perovskite material. In addition, the NIP scintillator is configured to exhibit a luminescent response to ionizing radiation having a photon energy of 1 keV or greater.

A scintillation crystal can include a cesium halide that is co-doped with thallium and another element. In an embodiment, the scintillation crystal can include CsX:Tl, Me, where X represents a halogen, and Me represents a Group 5A element. In a particular embodiment, the scintillation crystal may have a cesium iodide host material, a first dopant including a thallium cation, and a second dopant including an antimony cation.

The present disclosure relates to a laminated structure comprising a film comprising a light-emitting perovskite compound, a first substrate, and a second substrate, in which the film is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate.

A layer in which a primary phase composed of a columnar crystal material and a secondary phase composed of a material different from the primary phase are phase-separated being included as a base for forming a columnar crystal of scintillator plate improves separation of columnar crystals from each other and suppresses light scattering from occurring so as to realize a scintillator having high resolution.

The present invention provides a two-dimensional double perovskite nanomaterial represented by the formula Cs.sub.2ABX.sub.6 or L.sub.4[Cs.sub.2ABX.sub.6].sub.n-1ABX.sub.8, wherein A is a metal ion selected from Ag(I), Au(I), and Cu(I); B is a metal ion selected from In(III), Bi(III), Sb(III), Fe(III), and Tl(III); X is a halogen; L is a ligand; and n represents the number of metal-halide octahedral layers present in said nanomaterial. The invention further provides a light emitting material and electronic-, optic-, or optoelectronic device comprising said nanomaterial; as well as methods for the preparation of said nanomaterial.

Disclosed herein is a material, comprising a first metal halide that is operative to function as a scintillator; where the first metal halide excludes cesium iodide, strontium iodide, and cesium bromide; and a surface layer comprising a second metal halide that is disposed on a surface of the first metal halide; where the second metal halide has a lower water solubility than the first metal halide.