Scintillator materials, as well as related systems, and methods of detection using the same, are described herein. The scintillator material composition may comprise a Tl-based scintillator material. For example, the composition may comprise a thallium-based halide. Such materials have been shown to have particularly attractive scintillation properties and may be used in a variety of applications for detection radiation.

Scintillators that can support up to 20 MHz count rates, which is significantly faster than the required 100K counts/second needed for single crystal diffractometers and methods for fabricating them.

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 (ScI), strontium iodide (SrI.sub.2), cesium bromide (CsBr), thallium doped cesium iodide (CsI:Tl), europium doped strontium iodide (SrI.sub.2:Eu), europium doped barium iodide (BaI.sub.2;EU), cerium doped strontium iodide (SrI.sub.2:Ce), cerium doped barium iodide (BaI.sub.2:Ce), cerium doped lanthanum bromide (LaBr.sub.3:Ce), and cerium doped lutetium iodide (LuI.sub.3:Ce); 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.

Eutectic lithium chloride-cerium chloride (LiCl—CeCl.sub.3) compositions are described. An exemplary eutectic composition has about 75 mole % LiCl and about 25 mole % CeCl.sub.3. The eutectic compositions can have optical and/or scintillation properties. Also described are methods of preparing the eutectic compositions as well as methods of using radiation detectors including the eutectic compositions in the detection of radiation, including thermal neutrons.

Provided is a scintillator panel including: a support; a scintillator layer provided on the support, the scintillator layer being composed of av columnar crystal; and a protective film covering at least the scintillator layer. The scintillator layer contains cesium iodide as a base material and cerium as an activator.

Halide-based scintillator materials, and related systems and methods are generally described. In some embodiments, the scintillator materials are thallium-based and/or have a perovskite structure. Specific embodiments of thallium calcium halides and thallium magnesium halides with desirable scintillation properties are provided.

Scintillator materials, as well as related systems, and methods of detection using the same, are described herein. The scintillator material composition may comprise a Tl-based scintillator material. For example, the composition may comprise a thallium-based halide. Such materials have been shown to have particularly attractive scintillation properties and may be used in a variety of applications for detection radiation.

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+.

A method for preparing inorganic halogenated lead perovskite quantum dots and a display device are provided. The method includes: a first coordination solution preparing step, a cesium oleate solution preparing step, a centrifugal separation step, a second coordination solution preparing step, a first ion exchange step, and a second ion exchange step. The present invention also provides a display device including a quantum dot layer, wherein luminescent quantum dots of the quantum dot layer are inorganic halogenated lead cesium perovskite quantum dots of the present invention.

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.