Atomically precise copper cluster scintillator
- 1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
- 2Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Functional Materials (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, Tianjian Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China
Abstract
As a kind of newly developed scintillator, copper cluster scintillators have garnered considerable attention due to their atomically precise structures and multiple advantages such as low toxicity, facile synthesis and outstanding X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) properties. The copper cluster scintillators have been successfully applied in various fields including low-dose radiation detection, X-ray imaging, and the monitoring of α/β particles, suggesting that they are a highly active research field. This review focuses on recent advancements in copper cluster scintillators and comprehensively summarize the luminescence mechanisms and design strategies employed to tailor the XEL of copper clusters, copper halide clusters and copper cluster-based assembly materials. This review also presents the novel applications derived from the as-obtained copper cluster scintillators, along with the underlying structure–functionality correlations.
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BibTeX
@article{li2026atomically,
title = {{Atomically precise copper cluster scintillator}},
author = {Yuan-Yuan Li and Jin-Le Duan and Yu-Jin Kong and Qiu-Chen Peng and Kai Li and Shuang-Quan Zang},
journal = {Chemical Science},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1039/d6sc06463a},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/d6sc06463a},
note = {CC BY 3.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Atomically precise copper cluster scintillator
AU - Yuan-Yuan Li
AU - Jin-Le Duan
AU - Yu-Jin Kong
AU - Qiu-Chen Peng
AU - Kai Li
AU - Shuang-Quan Zang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/16
JO - Chemical Science
DO - 10.1039/d6sc06463a
UR - https://doi.org/10.1039/d6sc06463a
AB - As a kind of newly developed scintillator, copper cluster scintillators have garnered considerable attention due to their atomically precise structures and multiple advantages such as low toxicity, facile synthesis and outstanding X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) properties. The copper cluster scintillators have been successfully applied in various fields including low-dose radiation detection, X-ray imaging, and the monitoring of α/β particles, suggesting that they are a highly active research field. This review focuses on recent advancements in copper cluster scintillators and comprehensively summarize the luminescence mechanisms and design strategies employed to tailor the XEL of copper clusters, copper halide clusters and copper cluster-based assembly materials. This review also presents the novel applications derived from the as-obtained copper cluster scintillators, along with the underlying structure–functionality correlations.
SN - 2041-6520
SN - 2041-6539
ER -