Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 165-174.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2015.03.002

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Scintillator: A window to explore mysterious scientific world

CHEN Xiangyang, ZHANG Zhijun, ZHAO Jingtai   

  1. ①Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; ②School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2015-05-13 Online:2015-06-25 Published:2015-06-29

Abstract: The evaluation criteria and application fields of scintillators are introduced, then a survey associated with their research status is presented, and finally, an outlook about the developmental trend and direction of scintillators is proposed combining with the current situation in China.