The Scintillator Materials Group at Stanford University is home to research on single crystal and ceramic scintillators to advance knowledge in the area of inorganic scintillators for nuclear radiation detection. The key areas of investigation in our group are:
(1) light yield nonproportionality behavior in single crystal scintillators,
(2) control of grain boudnaries and defects in transparent scintillator ceramics, and
(3) high speed, shape-controlled growth of single crystal scintillators.
We believe that these goals can be best achieved thorough the combination of basic and applied research, and the immediate application of results for engineering improved materials.
The Scintillator Materials Group is housed in the Hansen Experimental Physics Labs - End Station II and III (HEPL ESII/III) and is affiliated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.
