Indium-doped perovskite-related cesium copper halide scintillator films for high-performance X-ray imaging

Rui Liu; Zhiyong Liu; Chengxu Lin; Guangda Niu; Xuning Zhang; Bo Sun; Tielin Shi; Guanglan Liao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.501477

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