Dimensional Reduction: A Design Tool for New Radiation Detection Materials

Semiconductor materials for efficient hard radiation detection are identified by combining a powerful chemical concept called dimensional reduction and precise theoretical electronic structure calculations. After more than 50 years of research and development in the field, this constitutes a signifi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2011-09, Vol.23 (36), p.4163-4167
Hauptverfasser:	Androulakis, John, Peter, Sebastian C., Li, Hao, Malliakas, Christos D., Peters, John A., Liu, Zhifu, Wessels, Bruce W., Song, Jung-Hwan, Jin, Hosub, Freeman, Arthur J., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cadmium Compounds - chemistry Mercury Compounds - chemistry Models, Molecular Molecular Conformation radiation detection Radiation Monitoring - methods Selenium Compounds - chemistry semiconductors stimuli-responsive materials Tellurium - chemistry
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Zusammenfassung:	Semiconductor materials for efficient hard radiation detection are identified by combining a powerful chemical concept called dimensional reduction and precise theoretical electronic structure calculations. After more than 50 years of research and development in the field, this constitutes a significant step forward in the search for new detector materials.
ISSN:	0935-9648 1521-4095
DOI:	10.1002/adma.201102450