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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Ultrafast Superradiant Scintillation from Isolated Weakly Confined Perovskite Nanocrystals.

Matteo L Zaffalon, Andrea Fratelli, Zhanzhao Li, Francesco Bruni, Ihor Cherniukh, Francesco Carulli, Francesco Meinardi, Maksym V Kovalenko, Liberato Manna, Sergio Brovelli

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Matteo L ZaffalonDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1016-6413
Andrea FratelliDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5239-977X
Zhanzhao LiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-9143
Francesco BruniDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0303-2916
Ihor CherniukhDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5095
Francesco CarulliDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8345-6606
Francesco MeinardiDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6711-5211
Maksym V KovalenkoDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6396-8938
Liberato MannaIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, Genova, 16163, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4386-7985
Sergio BrovelliDipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, Milano, 20125, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5993-855X

Funding

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI N. 2023-4-U.0tEuropean Research Council 101095974HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council 101004761HORIZON EUROPE European Innovation Council 101098649NextGenerationEU PNRR-M4C2-I1.3ProjectPE_00000019"HEALITALIA"PRIN program of the Italian Ministry of University and Research IRONSIDEproject
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficiency and emission rate are two traditionally conflicting parameters in radiation detection, and achieving their simultaneous maximization can significantly advance ultrafast time-of-flight (ToF) technologies. In this study, it is demonstrated that this goal is attainable by harnessing the giant oscillator strength (GOS) inherent to weakly confined perovskite nanocrystals, which enables superradiant scintillation under mildly cryogenic conditions that align seamlessly with ToF technologies. It is shown that the radiative acceleration due to GOS encompasses both single and multiple exciton dynamics arising from ionizing interactions, further enhanced by suppressed non-radiative losses and Auger recombination at 80 K. The outcome is ultrafast scintillation with 420 ps lifetime and light yield of ≈10 000 photons/MeV for diluted NC solutions, all without non-radiative losses. Temperature-dependent light-guiding experiments on test-bed nanocomposite scintillators finally indicate that the light-transport capability remains unaffected by the accumulation of band-edge oscillator strength due to GOS. These findings suggest a promising pathway toward developing ultrafast nanotechnological scintillators with optimized light output and timing performance.

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fast timinggiant oscillator strengthlead halide perovskite nanocrystalsscintillationsuperradiance

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PMCPMC12051787

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