Organic room-temperature phosphorescent polymers for efficient X-ray scintillation and imaging

Juan Wei; Yangyang Jiang; Chenyuan Liu; Jiayu Duan; Shanying Liu; Xiangmei Liu; Shujuan Liu; Yun Ma; Qiang Zhao

doi:10.1117/1.AP.4.3.035002

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