Funct. Mater. 2013; 20 (2): 234-238.
Melt composition and heat treatment at growth of Gd2Si2O7 — based crystals
[1]Institute for Scintillation Materials, STC "Institute for Single Crystals", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Lenin Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
[2]State Scientific Institution "Institute for Single Crystals", National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60 Lenin Ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Paper is devoted to obtaining of scintillation crystals based on gadolinium pyrosilicate Gd2Si2O7. Basic problems of crystal growth and ways of their solving are discussed. Crystals obtained by optimized procedure shows very high efficiency at registration of X-rays.
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