biostudies-literatureQiao PZhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation1147https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9919652biostudies-literatureUnknown16(3)Inorganic scintillators are of great significance in the fields of medical CT, high-energy physics and industrial nondestructive testing. In this work, we confirm that the Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇: Re (Re = Tb, Eu, Sm, Dy, Ho) crystals are promising candidates for a new kind of scintillator. Detailed crystal structure information is obtained by the Rietveld refinement analysis. Upon X-ray irradiation, all these scintillators exhibited characteristic 4f-4f transitions. The Ce and Gd ions were verified to be useful for enhancing the scintillation intensity via introducing energy transfer processes. The integrated scintillation intensity of the Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇: Tb/Ce is about 16.8% of the commercial CsI (Tl) single crystal. Our results manifested tMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)Scintillation Properties of Lanthanide Doped Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇ Nanoparticles.PMC9919652LZ20E020001Lei LPing YMa HQiao PfalseScintillation Properties of Lanthanide Doped Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇ Nanoparticles.Inorganic scintillators are of great significance in the fields of medical CT, high-energy physics and industrial nondestructive testing. In this work, we confirm that the Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇: Re (Re = Tb, Eu, Sm, Dy, Ho) crystals are promising candidates for a new kind of scintillator. Detailed crystal structure information is obtained by the Rietveld refinement analysis. Upon X-ray irradiation, all these scintillators exhibited characteristic 4f-4f transitions. The Ce and Gd ions were verified to be useful for enhancing the scintillation intensity via introducing energy transfer processes. The integrated scintillation intensity of the Pb₄Lu₃F₁₇: Tb/Ce is about 16.8% of the commercial CsI (Tl) single crystal. Our results manifested t2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jan2025-04-27T01:34:50.89Z2024-11-19T19:05:36.466ZS-EPMC99196523677015310.3390/ma16031147