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Scintillators are the core components of real-time dynamic computed tomography (CT), and their performance directly affects the radiation dose used and the quality of the output images. Self-trapped exciton scintillators are expected to resolve the trade-off between low radiation dose rates and high spatial resolution. However, the reported self-trapped exciton scintillators lack systematic design ideas and the ambiguity of the emission mechanism limits their further application in X-ray imaging. Here, a molecular confinement strategy to reduce the electronic dimension by introducing organic molecules with large ionic radii is proposed and applied to design (TPA)2Cu2I4 with dual self-trapped excitons (D-STEs). The D-STEs originating from Jahn-Teller-like distortion due to multiple electron-phonon coupling enable (TPA)2Cu2I4 to exhibit a high PLQY of 92 %, a high light yield of 74,000 photons & sdot;MeV-1 and a low detection limit of 53.1 nGyair & sdot;s-1. In addition, the (TPA)2Cu2I4 scintillation films also display excellent imaging quality, with a spatial resolution of 14.1 lp & sdot;mm-1. Impressively, a real-time dynamic X-ray imaging system based on D-STEs scintillators is established for the first time by coupling with a thin-film transistor array, verifying its reliability in nondestructive testing scenarios. In conclusion, the D-STEs scintillators created by molecular confinement have broad commercial application prospects.
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APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY
ISSN: 2352-9407
Year: 2025
Volume: 46
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JCR@2023
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