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Dimensional Reduction: A Design Tool for New Radiation Detection Materials†

  1. John Androulakis1,
  2. Sebastian C. Peter1,
  3. Hao Li1,
  4. Christos D. Malliakas1,
  5. John A. Peters2,
  6. Zhifu Liu2,
  7. Bruce W. Wessels2,3,
  8. Jung-Hwan Song4,
  9. Hosub Jin4,
  10. Arthur J. Freeman4,
  11. Mercouri G. Kanatzidis1,*

Article first published online: 9 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102450

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 36, pages 4163–4167, September 22, 2011

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How to Cite

Androulakis, J., Peter, S. C., Li, H., Malliakas, C. D., Peters, J. A., Liu, Z., Wessels, B. W., Song, J.-H., Jin, H., Freeman, A. J. and Kanatzidis, M. G. (2011), Dimensional Reduction: A Design Tool for New Radiation Detection Materials. Adv. Mater., 23: 4163–4167. doi: 10.1002/adma.201102450

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

*Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.

  1. †

    In memory of Dr. Jung-Hwan Song.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 SEP 2011
  2. Article first published online: 9 AUG 2011
  3. Manuscript Received: 28 JUN 2011

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Keywords:

  • stimuli-responsive materials;
  • semiconductors;
  • radiation detection
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Semiconductor materials for efficient hard radiation detection are identified by combining a powerful chemical concept called dimensional reduction and precise theoretical electronic structure calculations. After more than 50 years of research and development in the field, this constitutes a significant step forward in the search for new detector materials.

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