Laboratory of Luminescent and Detector Materials

The laboratory's work is aimed at researching and creating new fluorescent materials, primarily scintillators, and methods for their production. Scintillators are materials that luminesce when interacting with ionizing radiation and, due to this effect, are used to register these emissions. Such materials are used in medical imaging equipment (X–ray computed tomography, PET), in remote baggage or transport inspection systems, in research equipment, including in detector installations at particle accelerators, for example, at the Large Hadron Collider. The development of these materials makes it possible to improve the characteristics of the equipment using them and increase its availability.