<p>Purely organic scintillators typically suffer from limited X-ray absorption due to the absence of high atomic number elements, which significantly restricts their radioluminescence (RL) performance and makes dynamic X-ray imaging challenging. To overcome this limitation, halogen atoms were introduced into maleimide-based fluorescent molecules, resulting in a new type of purely organic glassy scintillator with enhanced X-ray absorption and excellent film-forming properties. Compared with the non-halogenated 1-butyl-3,4-diphenyl-1<i>H</i>-pyrrole-2,5-dione (PAM), the brominated derivative 3,4-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-butyl-1<i>H</i>-pyrrole-2,5-dione (PAM-4Br) exhibits strengthened supramolecular interactions that facilitate the formation of a uniform amorphous glass with high optical transparency (&gt;92% at 550–800 nm). Moreover, PAM-4Br glass demonstrates significantly improved scintillation efficiency through the heavy atom effect of bromine, achieving an RL intensity 110% that of Bi<sub>4</sub>Ge<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>, an ultrafast response time of 6 ns and a low detection limit of 120 nGy s<sup>−1</sup>. The resulting high-transparency glassy scintillator screen not only achieves a modulation transfer function (MTF) of 0.28 at 30.0 lp mm<sup>−1</sup> under static X-ray imaging, but also successfully enables real-time high-definition dynamic X-ray imaging. It provides a molecular design strategy for high-performance organic glassy scintillators, opening new avenues for advanced X-ray imaging.</p>

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Halogenated organic glassy scintillators for real-time dynamic X-ray imaging

  • Yuxizi Guo,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Xin Quan,
  • Yiming Di,
  • Yaofa Luo,
  • Hongming Chen,
  • Qing Liao,
  • Mei-Jin Lin

摘要

Purely organic scintillators typically suffer from limited X-ray absorption due to the absence of high atomic number elements, which significantly restricts their radioluminescence (RL) performance and makes dynamic X-ray imaging challenging. To overcome this limitation, halogen atoms were introduced into maleimide-based fluorescent molecules, resulting in a new type of purely organic glassy scintillator with enhanced X-ray absorption and excellent film-forming properties. Compared with the non-halogenated 1-butyl-3,4-diphenyl-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (PAM), the brominated derivative 3,4-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-butyl-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (PAM-4Br) exhibits strengthened supramolecular interactions that facilitate the formation of a uniform amorphous glass with high optical transparency (>92% at 550–800 nm). Moreover, PAM-4Br glass demonstrates significantly improved scintillation efficiency through the heavy atom effect of bromine, achieving an RL intensity 110% that of Bi4Ge3O12, an ultrafast response time of 6 ns and a low detection limit of 120 nGy s−1. The resulting high-transparency glassy scintillator screen not only achieves a modulation transfer function (MTF) of 0.28 at 30.0 lp mm−1 under static X-ray imaging, but also successfully enables real-time high-definition dynamic X-ray imaging. It provides a molecular design strategy for high-performance organic glassy scintillators, opening new avenues for advanced X-ray imaging.