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A glowing glass transmits X-rays with ease

Copper-containing ‘nanoclusters’ form glasses with an orderly structure and unusual properties.
X-ray imaging of a fish with an atomically precise nanocluster glass (NCG) scintillator.

An X-ray image of a fish is captured with the use of a glass that has an unusual internal structure. Credit: Chunwei Dong, Mehmet Bayindir, Osman Bakr/KAUST

Scientists have created a luminescent glass that can be used to generate high-resolution X-ray images or to produce thin fibres that guide light with high efficiency1.

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Nature 628, 11 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00862-7

References

  1. Dong, C. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c12296 (2024).

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