High sensitivity organic inorganic hybrid X-ray detectors with direct transduction and broadband response

H. M. Thirimanne; K. D. G. I. Jayawardena; A. J. Parnell; R. M. I. Bandara; A. Karalasingam; S. Pani; J. E. Huerdler; D. G. Lidzey; S. F. Tedde; A. Nisbet; C. A. Mills; S. R. P. Silva

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05301-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

High sensitivity organic inorganic hybrid X-ray detectors with direct transduction and broadband response

H. M. Thirimanne,
K. D. G. I. Jayawardena,
A. J. Parnell,
R. M. I. Bandara,
A. Karalasingam,
S. Pani,
J. E. Huerdler,
D. G. Lidzey,
S. F. Tedde,
A. Nisbet,
C. A. Mills,
S. R. P. Silva

Affiliations

H. M. Thirimanne: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford
K. D. G. I. Jayawardena: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford
A. J. Parnell: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
R. M. I. Bandara: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford
A. Karalasingam: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford
S. Pani: Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford
J. E. Huerdler: Siemens Healthineers GmbH, Technology Centre
D. G. Lidzey: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
S. F. Tedde: Siemens Healthineers GmbH, Technology Centre
A. Nisbet: Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford
C. A. Mills: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford
S. R. P. Silva: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05301-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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X-ray detectors based on low-cost organic semiconductors have inherently low detector sensitivity due to poor X-ray to charge conversion and charge collection. Here, the authors demonstrate a flexible, high-sensitivity X-ray detector based on an organic bulk heterojunction-nanoparticle composite.

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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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