Transparent glassy composites incorporating lead-free anti-perovskite halide nanocrystals enable tunable emission and ultrastable X-ray imaging

Yakun Le; Xiongjian Huang; Hao Zhang; Zhihao Zhou; Dandan Yang; Bozhao Yin; Xiaofeng Liu; Zhiguo Xia; Jianrong Qiu; Zhongmin Yang; Guoping Dong

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.046002

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