The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped cesium barium halide, useful for detecting nuclear material.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a mechanoluminescent fiber. The method includes the steps of: preparing an elastic fiber having a longitudinal groove on the surface thereof; forming a primer layer including a coupling agent on the elastic fiber; filling the groove of the elastic fiber with a mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance; and forming a silicon adhesive layer on the elastic fiber of which the groove is filled with the mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance. The silicon adhesive layer is 3-dimensionally bonded to the elastic fiber and the mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance.

The present invention relates, in general terms, to X-ray detecting films and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to methods of fabricating the X-ray detecting films. In particular, the X-ray detecting film comprises persistent luminescent nanoparticles dispersed within a flexible polymer matrix, wherein the persistent luminescent nanoparticles are dispersed in the flexible polymer matrix at a concentration of about 0.1% to about 100%.

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.

A solar radiation conversion device is described that uses a luminescent Tm.sup.2+ inorganic material for converting solar radiation of at least part of the UV and/or visible and/or infrared solar spectrum into infrared solar radiation, preferably the infrared solar radiation having a wavelength of around 1138 nm; and, a photovoltaic device for converting at least part of the infrared solar radiation into electrical power.

The present invention relates to the field of luminescent crystals (LCs), and more specifically to Quantum Dots (QDs) of formula A.sup.1.sub.aM.sup.2.sub.bX.sub.c, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification. The invention provides methods of manufacturing such luminescent crystals, particularly by dispersing suitable starting materials in the presence of a liquid and by the aid of milling balls; to compositions comprising luminescent crystals and to electronic devices, decorative coatings; and to components comprising luminescent crystals.

Embodiments of composite scintillators which may include a scintillator material encapsulated in a plastic matrix material and their methods of use are described.

The present invention relates to metal halide colloidal nanoparticles represented by a following Chemical Formula 1 and a method for producing the same:

A.sub.3MX.sub.6  [Chemical Formula 1] wherein in the Chemical Formula 1, A is an alkali metal element, M is a rare-earth metal element, and X is a halogen element.

Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite particle comprising a core-shell-shell nanoparticle, an encapsulated nanorod linked with the core-shell-shell nanoparticle, and a lipid layer encapsulating the core-shell-shell nanoparticle and the encapsulated nanorod. The core-shell nanoparticle comprises a phosphor core, an inner shell layer, an outer shell layer, and a cationic polymer. The encapsulated nanorod comprises a nanorod, and a mesoporous scaffold. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the encapsulated nanorod is linked with the core-shell-shell nanoparticle via an electrostatic interaction between the cationic polymer and the mesoporous scaffold. Also disclosed are the uses of the nanocomposite in treating diseases, for example, cancers.

A lanthanoid-containing inorganic material fine particle having a function of converting a wavelength of light to a shorter wavelength, the lanthanoid-containing inorganic material fine particle including: a core particle; and a shell layer, the core particle containing a lanthanoid having a light-absorbing function and a lanthanoid having a light-emitting function, the shell layer including at least an outer shell containing a rare earth element, the total amount of the lanthanoid having a light-absorbing function and the lanthanoid having a light-emitting function in the outer shell being 2 mol % or less based on the amount of the rare earth element contained in the outer shell, the outer shell having a thickness of 2 to 20 nm, the core particle and the shell layer having no interface at a contact face to form a continuous body.