Bismuth-based hybrid materials enable highly sensitive, eco-friendly X-ray detectors

Green fabrication of hybrid materials as highly sensitive X-ray detectors

New bismuth-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials show exceptional sensitivity and long-term stability as X-ray detectors, significantly more sensitive than commercial X-ray detectors. In addition, these materials can be produced without solvents by ball milling, a mechanochemical synthesis process that is environmentally friendly and scalable. More sensitive detectors would allow for a reduction in the radiation exposure during X-ray examina…

Bismuth-based hybrid materials enable highly sensitive, eco-friendly X-ray detectors

X-ray imaging is indispensable in medical diagnostics and material characterization. To generate an image, a detector converts X-rays that pass through the object into electrical signals. Higher detector sensitivity enables lower radiation doses, which is particularly important in medical applications.

X-ray imaging is essential in medical diagnostics and material characterization. To generate an image, a detector converts the X-rays that pass through the object into electrical signals. Higher sensitivity to the detector allows lower radiation doses, which is particularly important in medical applications. The detectors [...]

New organic-inorganic hybrid materials based on Wismut are excellently suited as X-ray detectors, they are much more sensitive than commercial X-ray detectors and long-term stable. In addition, they can be produced without solvent by ball grinding, an all-rounder.