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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

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).

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).

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).

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 (2007).

P. D. Rack, J. Peak, C. L. Melcher, and J. Fitz-Gerald, Scanning secondary, backscattered and cathodoluminescence imaging of thin film Lu2SiO5:Ce scintillating materials. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 244102 (2007).

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. (in press).

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. (in press).

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 (in press).

S. A. Speakman, W. D. Porter, M. A. Spurrier, C. L. Melcher, Thermal expansion and stability of cerium-doped Lu2 SiO5, Mater. Res. Bull. 41(2) 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).

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).

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).

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).

C. L. Melcher and J. S. Schweitzer, Cerium-doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate: a fast, efficient new scintillator, in PET in Clinical Oncology, H. J. Wieler and R. E. Coleman, eds., Steinkopff Verlag, Darmstadt (2000).

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 -ray detector, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 47:1324-1328 (2000).

Posters and Presentations

The effect of co-doping on the growth stability and scintillation properties of LSO:Ce 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)

Effects of Ca2+ co-doping on the scintillation properties of LSO:Ce 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)

Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry in the Lu2O3-Al2O3 System 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)

Energy resolution and absolute detection efficiency for LSO crystals: a comparison between Monte Carlo simulation and experimental data 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)

Combinatorial Synthesis of Scintillation Crystals Poster: J. D. Peak, C. L. Melcher, P. D. Rack, Combinatorial Synthesis of Scintillation Crystals (2006)