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X-ray excited luminescence spectroscopy and imaging with NaGdF4:Eu and Tb

Published:2021 Issue:50 Volume:11 Page:31717-31726
ISSN:2046-2069
Container-title:RSC Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Adv.

Author:

Ranasinghe Meenakshi¹^ORCID,Arifuzzaman Md.¹^ORCID,Rajamanthrilage Apeksha C.¹^ORCID,Willoughby W. R.²,Dickey Ashley¹,McMillen Colin¹,Kolis Joseph W.¹,Bolding Mark²,Anker Jeffrey N.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, Center for Optical Materials Engineering and Technology (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

2. Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

Abstract

We synthesized and characterized Eu and Tb doped NaGdF4 nanophosphors which generate visible light when excited by a focused X-ray beam. High resolution images were acquired through tissue by measuring light intensity vs. X-ray beam position.

Funder

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemical Engineering,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/RA/D1RA05451A

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