Recent Publications
The following list contains publications, posters and presentations created by SMRC staff members and collaborators. Due to copyright restrictions, final published versions of journal articles can only be downloaded from the publisher's web site. However, PDF versions of many of the articles below are available to fellow researchers upon request. Please contact the SMRC at SMRC@utk.edu or (865) 974-0267 for additional information.
Journal Articles
Jonathan D. Peak, Charles L. Melcher, Philip D. Rack, Combinatorial thin film sputtering investigation of cerium concentration in Lu2SiO5 scintillators, submitted to J. Luminescence.
W. W. Moses, M. Janecek, M.A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, W.-S. Choong, C.L. Melcher, and M. Andreaco, Optimization of LSO for Time-of-Flight PET, submitted to IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci.
M. Zhuravleva, K. Yang, P. Szupryczynski, A. Yoshikawa, C.L. Melcher, Crystal growth and evaluation of LuAG:Ce:Tb scintillator, submitted to J. Crystal Growth
T. Szczesniak, M. Moszynski, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, L. Swiderski, M.A. Spurrier Koschan, and C.L. Melcher, Timing Resolution and Decay Time of LSO Crystals Co-doped with Calcium, submitted to IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci.
Agnieszka Syntfeld-Kazuch, Marek Moszynski, Lukasz Swiderski, Tomasz Szczesniak, Antoni Nassalski, Charles L. Melcher, Merry A. Spurrier, Bartosz Goliszek, Przemyslaw Kaminski, and Mateusz Nowaczyk, Energy Resolution of Calcium Co-doped LSO:Ce Scintillators, submitted to IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci.
Maurizio Conti, Lars Eriksson, Harold Rothfuss, Charles L. Melcher, Comparison of Fast Scintillators with TOF PET Potential, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 926-933 (2009).
P. Cutler, C. Melcher, M. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, L. Eriksson, Scintillation Non-proportionality of Lutetium- and Yttrium-based Silicates and Aluminates, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 915-919 (2009).
Harold E. Rothfuss, Charles L. Melcher, Lars Eriksson, Merry Spurrier, The Effect of Ca2+ Codoping on Shallow Traps in YSO:Ce Scintillators, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 958-961 (2009).
K. Yang, M. A. Spurrier, H. Rothfuss, L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, The effect of calcium co-doping on praseodymium doped LSO, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(3) 968-971 (2009).
K. Yang, P. D. Rack, L. Eriksson, and C. L. Melcher, Energy levels in LSO:Ce,Ca crystals, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. (in press).
L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, M. Eriksson, R. Grazioso, and M. Aykac, Design considerations of phoswich detectors for high resolution positron emission tomography, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 56(1) 182-188 (2009).
M.A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, K. Yang, H. Rothfuss, A.A. Carey, C.L. Melcher, The effect of codoping on the growth stability and scintillation properties of lutetium oxyorthosilicate, J. Crystal Growth 310, 2110-2114 (2008).
J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, and P. D. Rack, Combinatorial thin film synthesis of cerium doped scintillation materials in the lutetium oxide - silicon oxide system, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 55(3) (2008).
M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, K. Yang, A. A. Carey, and C. L. Melcher, Effects of Ca2+ co-doping on the scintillation properties of LSO:Ce, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 55(3) (2008).
P. D. Rack, J. Peak, C. L. Melcher, J. M. Fitz-Gerald, Scanning electron and catholuminescence of thin film Lu2SiO5:Ce scintillating materials, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 244102 (2007).
J. S. Neal, L. A. Boatner, M. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Cerium-doped mixed-alkali rare-earth double-phosphate scintillators for thermal neutron detection, Nucl. Instr. Meth., A579, 19-22 (2007).
S. Friedrich, O. B. Drury, S. Yuan, P. Szupryczynski, M. A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, A 36-pixel tunnel junction soft X-ray spectrometer for scintillator material science, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., 17(2) 351-354 (2006).
S. A. Speakman, W. D. Porter, M. A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, Thermal expansion and thermal stability of cerium-doped Lu2SiO5, Mat. Res. Bull. 41, 423-435 (2006).
C. L. Melcher, Perspectives on future development of new scintillators, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A537, 6-14, (2005).
M. Kapusta, P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, M. Moszynski, M. Balcerzyk, W. Czarnacki, A. A. Carey, M. A. Spurrier, Non-proportionality and thermoluminescence of LSO, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52(4) 1098-1104 (2005).
C. L. Melcher, S. Friedrich, S. P. Cramer, M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, R. Nutt, Cerium oxidation state in LSO scintillators, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52(3) 1809-1812 (2005).
L. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, B. Bendriem, R. Nutt, Experience with scintillators for PET: Towards the fifth generation of PET scanners, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 525, 242-248 (2004).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier, M. P. Maskarinec, A. A. Carey, A. J. Wojtowicz, W. Drozdowski, D. Wisniewski, R. Nutt, Thermoluminescence and scintillation properties of rare earth oxyorthosilicates, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3) 1103-1110 (2004).
C. M. Pepin, A.-L. Perrot, P. Bérard, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, H. Dautet, Investigation of the Properties of LYSO and Recent LSO Scintillators for Phoswich PET Detectors, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.: 51(3), 789-795 (2004).
C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier, L. Eriksson, M. Eriksson, M. Schmand, G. Givens, R. Terry, T. Homant, R. Nutt, Advances in the scintillation performance of LSO:Ce single crystals, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 50(4), 762-766 (2003).
C. L. Melcher, Scintillator crystals for PET, J. Nucl. Med. 41(6), 1051-1055 (2000).
C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, M. Eriksson, L. Eriksson, M. Casey, R. Nutt, J. L. Lefaucheur, and B. Chai, Scintillation properties of LSO:Ce boules, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47: 965-968 (2000).
M. Balcerzyk, M. Moszynski, M. Kapusta, D. Wolski, J. Pawelke, C. L. Melcher, YSO, LSO, GSO, and LGSO: A study of energy resolution and non-proportionality, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47: 1319-1323 (2000).
M. Moszynski, M. Balcerzyk, M. Kapusta, D. Wolski, C. L. Melcher, Large size LSO:Ce and YSO:Ce scintillators for 50 MeV range gamma-ray detector, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47:1324-1328 (2000).
Conference Proceedings
H. E. Rothfuss, C. L. Melcher, L. Eriksson, M. Eriksson, and R. Grazioso, Scintillation kinetics of YSO:Ce, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 2, 1401-1403 (2007).
J. S. Neal, L. A. Boatner, M. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, Cerium-doped mixed-alkali rare-earth double-phosphate scintillators for X- and gamma-ray detection, in Hard X-Ray and Gamma-ray Detector Physics and Penetrating Radiation Systems VIII, L. A. Franks et al. (eds.), Proc. Of SPIE Vol. 6319, 631907 (2006).
C. L. Melcher, S. Friedrich, C. Piamonteze, M. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, Cerium charge state analysis by X-ray absorption, in Scint 2005: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and Their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications, A. Getkin and B. Grinyov, eds., pp. 15-19 (2006).
L. A. Eriksson, D. Townsend, M. Eriksson, M. E. Casey, M. Schmand, M. Conti, C. Michel, C. L. Melcher, B. Bendriem, T. Jones, and R. Nutt, Potentials for a fifth generation PET scanner for oncology, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 4, 1996-2000 (2005).
M. Moszynski, M. Kapusta, A. Nassalski, T. Szczesniak, D. Wolski, L. Eriksson, and C. L. Melcher, New prospects for time-of-flight PET with LSO scintillators, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 5, 2854-2858 (2005).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier, and A. A. Carey, Scintillation and optical properties of LuAP and LuYAP crystals, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 4, 1305-1309 (2005).
P. Szupryczynski, C. L. Melcher, M. A. Spurrier, A. A. Carey, M. P. Maskarinec, B. Chakoumakos, C. Rawn, R. Nutt, Ce-doped lutetium pyrosilicate scintillators LPS and LYPS, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record 3, 1310-1313 (2005).
R. Nutt, C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, L. Eriksson, M. Andreaco, M. Casey, J. Moyers, C. Michel, T. Bruckbauer, M. Conti, J. Hamil, K. Baker, B. Bendriem, C. Nahmias, Academy of Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting, 2002.
N. K. Doshi, C. W. Williams, M. D. Loope, L. A. Eriksson, M. E. Andreaco, C. L. Melcher, M. J. Schmand, Comparison of Typical Scintillators for PET, IEEE MIC Conference Record, 2002.
M. Conti, M. Andreaco, K. Baker, B. Bendriem, T. Bruckbauer, M. Casey, L. Eriksson, T. Gremillion, J. Hamill, C. L. Melcher, C. Michel, C. Moyers, C. Nahmias, M. Schmand and R. Nutt, NEMA measurements on a LSO panel detector PET prototype, IEEE MIC Conference Record, 2002.
C. Nahmias, R. Nutt, R. D. Hichwa, J. Czernin, C. L. Melcher, M. Schmand, L. Eriksson, M. Andreaco, M. Casey, C. Moyers, C. Michel, T. Bruckbauer, M. Conti, J. Hamill and B. Bendriem, PET tomograph designed for five minute routine whole body studies, J. Nucl. Med. 43(5), 11P (2002).
Posters and Presentations
Poster: M.A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, H. Rothfuss, K. Yang, A.A. Carey, C. L. Melcher, The effect of co-doping on the growth stability and scintillation properties of LSO:Ce (2007)
Poster: M.A. Spurrier, C.L. Melcher, P. Szupryczynski, K. Yang and A.A. Carey, Effects of Ca2+ Co-doping on the Scintillation Properties of LSO:Ce (2007)
Poster: P. A. Cutler, E. A. Sheats, O. B. Pierce, M. A. Spurrier, and C. J. Rawn, Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry in the Lu2O3-Al2O3 System (2006)
Presentation: H. Rothfuss, L. Byarsc, M. E. Casey, M. Conti, L. Eriksson, C. L. Melcher, C. Michel, M. A. Spurrier, P. Szupryczynski, Energy Resolution and Absolute Detection Efficiency for LSO Crystals: A Comparison between Monte Carlo Simulation and Experimental Data (2006)
Poster: J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, P. D. Rack, Combinatorial Synthesis of Scintillation Crystals (2006)