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October 27, 2025Advanced Optical Materials4 citationsOpen Access

Ultrahigh‐Loading, Flexible Scintillator Films for High‐Resolution X‐Ray Imaging

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JGJianwei GongTWTingting WuZYZhijian Yang

Key Points

  • High-resolution X-ray imaging reaches 29.0 lp mm−1 with minimal geometric distortion under bending conditions.
  • Detection limit recorded at 20.9 nGy air s−1 demonstrates the film's exceptional sensitivity in flexible applications.
  • Interfacial compatibility of the scintillator film ensures 99.5% retention of radioluminescence intensity after 2000 bending cycles.
  • Stable performance across environmental and radiation conditions emphasizes its potential for both medical and industrial imaging applications.

Abstract

Abstract Achieving high loading, uniformly dispersed scintillators in polymer matrices remains challenging for flexible X‐ray detectors. Herein, a large‐area NaLuF 4 :Tb@WPU scintillator film (48 × 20 cm 2 ) is reported that synergistically integrates solution‐processed NaLuF 4 :Tb scintillators with waterborne polyurethane (WPU), enabling a record‐high 90.4 wt% loading with uniform dispersion. Optimized interfacial compatibility ensures outstanding operational durability with 99.5% radioluminescence intensity retention and <0.5% permanent bending deformation after 2000 bending cycles. The X‐ray scintillator film demonstrates a low detection limit of 20.9 nGy air s −1 alongside environmental, thermal, and radiation stability. Crucially, it highlights high‐resolution thermally‐stimulated luminescence X‐ray imaging (29.0 lp mm −1 ) with minimal geometric distortion (<1.1%) on curved surfaces, overcoming parallax artifacts in rigid detection. This work establishes a novel flexible platform unifying high sensitivity and spatial resolution for medical/industrial X‐ray imaging.

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Gong et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ff87e2c8c50a61f2bdd024https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202502792
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