High brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7Scintillator and method for producing same
Technical Field
The invention relates to a high brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7Preparation method of scintillatorThe method belongs to the technical field of rare earth luminescent materials.
Background
The rare earth luminescent material has low toxicity, high light stability and high color purity, and is widely applied to the fields of medical treatment, in vivo imaging and the like, and the luminescent performance is an important index for measuring the rare earth luminescent material.
The scintillator material emits visible light under X-ray radiation, serves as a core element in X-ray technical application, and can convert high-energy X photons into low-energy visible photons to realize X-ray detection and imaging. Rare earth fluoride is widely researched due to low phonon energy, stable physicochemical property, high laser damage resistance threshold and the like, but the traditional scintillator material mainly has insufficient chemical stability and thermal stability or has low biocompatibility and luminous intensity, so that the application of the rare earth fluoride in the field of biological imaging is limited. Thus, KLu was prepared2F7Scintillator and design and development of different kinds of rare earth doped KLu2F7The scintillator has important practical application value in the fields of biological marking, displaying, infrared detection and the like.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a high brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7The scintillator and the preparation method thereof provide a thought for the rare earth conversion luminescent material to be applied to X-ray imaging.
High-brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7The chemical formula of the scintillator is KLu2F7:xTb3+Wherein x is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.50.
High brightness KLu for X-ray imaging as described above2F7The preparation method of the scintillator comprises the following steps:
(1) sequentially adding the Lu salt solution, the Tb salt solution, the KF solution, absolute ethyl alcohol and deionized water into a container, and stirring for 1-2 hours at room temperature to obtain a white turbid solution;
(2) placing the white turbid liquid in a reaction kettle to perform hydrothermal reaction for 20-24 hours at 180-240 ℃;
(3) after the hydrothermal reaction is finished, naturally cooling toAt room temperature, sequentially centrifuging the reaction product, washing with absolute ethyl alcohol and dispersing with deionized water to obtain KLu2F7:Tb3+A scintillator.
The Lu salt is Lu (NO)3)3Tb salt is Tb (NO)3)3。
The Lu3+And Tb3+The molar ratio of (a) to (b) is 1-x: x, wherein x is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.50.
The molar ratio of the Lu salt to KF is 0.5-1: 70.
The centrifugal rotating speed is 5500-6000 rpm, and the centrifugal time is 5-7 min.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) tb of the invention3+Doped KLu2F7The scintillator emits strong green light under the irradiation of an X-ray excitation light source, and the green light is emitted and emitted at about 545 nm;
(2) the invention has simple process, less rare earth doping amount and low cost, and the prepared KLu2F7The scintillator is a single phase;
(3) tb of the invention3+Doped KLu2F7The scintillator can be applied to X-ray detection and imaging, biomedicine and the like.
Drawings
FIG. 1 shows KLu prepared according to the invention2F7An XRD pattern of (a); curve KLu2F7:0.08Tb3+、0.12Tb3+、0.16Tb3+、0.20Tb3+Corresponding to examples 1 to 4, respectively, of the present invention; the figure shows no miscellaneous peaks compared to the standard PDF cards 27-0459, indicating that the resultant scintillator material is a single phase;
FIG. 2 shows KLu prepared in example 3 of the present invention2F7:0.16Tb3+Emission spectrum under excitation of light with wavelength of 370 nm;
FIG. 3 shows KLu prepared in example 3 of the present invention2F7:0.16Tb3+X-ray luminescence spectrum of (1).
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to specific embodiments, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the description.
Example 1: this example high brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7The scintillator has the formula KLu2F7:0.08Tb3+;
KLu for X-ray imaging as described above2F7The preparation method of the scintillator comprises the following steps:
(1) mixing Lu and Tb at a molar ratio of 0.92:0.082O3(99.99%)、Tb4O7(99.99%) 2mmol of Lu (NO) in the total are added into a 100mL beaker, 10mL of concentrated nitric acid is added, the beaker is placed on a heating table at 180 ℃ to react until the mixture is transparent and colloidal, the beaker is taken down and 30mL of deionized water is added to prepare the Lu (NO) containing solution3)3、Tb(NO3)3Putting the solution in an ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to make the solution uniform; adding KF (99.5%) into another 100mL beaker, and adding deionized water ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to obtain KF solution2O3KF in a molar ratio of 0.92: 70;
(2) will contain Lu (NO)3)3、Tb(NO3)3Magnetically stirring the solution for 10min, adding a KF solution, magnetically stirring for 10min for the second time, adding 25mL of absolute ethanol solution and 10mL of deionized water, and magnetically stirring for 60min for the third time to form a white turbid solution;
(3) transferring the white turbid liquid into a reaction kettle with a lining, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 20 hours in a drying oven at 180 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature along with the furnace after the reaction is finished, and taking out the reaction kettle;
(4) centrifuging the reactant after the hydrothermal reaction at 6000 r/min for 7min, washing the precipitate with absolute ethyl alcohol, and dispersing the precipitate in deionized water to obtain KLu2F7:0.08Tb3+A scintillator; KLu2F7:0.08Tb3+The XRD pattern of the scintillator is shown in FIG. 1, which shows no clutter compared to standard PDF cards 27-0459, indicating that the resulting scintillator material is a single phase.
Example 2: this example is for X-rayHigh brightness KLu for imaging2F7The scintillator has the chemical formula KLu2F7:0.12Tb3 +;
KLu for X-ray imaging as described above2F7The preparation method of the scintillator comprises the following steps:
(1) mixing Lu and Tb at a molar ratio of 0.88:0.122O3(99.99%)、Tb4O7(99.99%) 2mmol of Lu (NO) in the total are added into a 100mL beaker, 10mL of concentrated nitric acid is added, the beaker is placed on a heating table at 180 ℃ to react until the mixture is transparent and colloidal, the beaker is taken down and 30mL of deionized water is added to prepare the Lu (NO) containing solution3)3、Tb(NO3)3Putting the solution in an ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to make the solution uniform; adding KF (99.5%) into another 100mL beaker, and adding deionized water ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to obtain KF solution2O3KF in a molar ratio of 0.88: 70;
(2) will contain Lu (NO)3)3、Tb(NO3)3Magnetically stirring the solution for 15min, adding a KF solution, magnetically stirring for 15min for the second time, adding 25mL of absolute ethanol solution and 10mL of deionized water, and magnetically stirring for 60min for the third time to form a white turbid solution;
(3) transferring the white turbid liquid into a reaction kettle with a lining, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 22 hours at 190 ℃ in a drying oven, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature along with a furnace after the reaction is finished, and taking out the reaction kettle;
(4) centrifuging the reaction product after the hydrothermal reaction for 7min at 5500 r/min, washing the precipitate with absolute ethyl alcohol, and dispersing the precipitate in deionized water to obtain KLu2F7:0.12Tb3+Scintillator, KLu2F7:0.12Tb3+The XRD pattern of the scintillator is shown in FIG. 1, which shows no clutter compared to standard PDF cards 27-0459, indicating that the resulting scintillator material is a single phase.
Example 3: this example high brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7The scintillator has the chemical formula KLu2F7:0.16Tb3 +;
The above-mentioned application in X-ray imagingKLu of images2F7The preparation method of the scintillator comprises the following steps:
(1) mixing Lu and Tb at a molar ratio of 0.84:0.162O3(99.99%)、Tb4O7(99.99%) 2mmol of Lu (NO) in the total are added into a 100mL beaker, 10mL of concentrated nitric acid is added, the beaker is placed on a heating table at 180 ℃ to react until the mixture is transparent and colloidal, the beaker is taken down and 30mL of deionized water is added to prepare the Lu (NO) containing solution3)3、Tb(NO3)3Putting the solution in an ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to make the solution uniform; adding KF (99.5%) into another 100mL beaker, and adding deionized water ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to obtain KF solution2O3KF in a molar ratio of 0.84: 70;
(2) will contain Lu (NO)3)3、Tb(NO3)3Magnetically stirring the solution for 15min, adding a KF solution, magnetically stirring for 15min for the second time, adding 25mL of absolute ethanol solution and 10mL of deionized water, and magnetically stirring for 60min for the third time to form a white turbid solution;
(3) transferring the white turbid liquid into a reaction kettle with a lining, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 20 hours in a drying oven at 200 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature along with the furnace after the reaction is finished, and taking out the reaction kettle;
(4) centrifuging the reactant after the hydrothermal reaction at 6000 r/min for 6min, washing the precipitate with absolute ethyl alcohol, and dispersing the precipitate in deionized water to obtain KLu2F7:0.16Tb3+Scintillator, KLu2F7:0.16Tb3+The XRD pattern of the scintillator is shown in FIG. 1, which shows no peaks compared to standard PDF cards 27-0459, indicating that the resulting scintillator material is a single phase; KLu obtained in this example2F7:0.16Tb3+The emission spectrum under the excitation of light with 370nm wavelength is shown in FIG. 2, and the X-ray luminescence spectrum is shown in FIG. 3.
Example 4: this example high brightness KLu for X-ray imaging2F7The scintillator has the chemical formula KLu2F7:0.20Tb3 +;
KLu for X-ray imaging as described above2F7The preparation method of the scintillator comprises the following steps:
(1) mixing Lu and Tb at a molar ratio of 0.8:0.22O3(99.99%)、Tb4O7(99.99%) 2mmol of Lu (NO) in the total are added into a 100mL beaker, 10mL of concentrated nitric acid is added, the beaker is placed on a heating table at 180 ℃ to react until the mixture is transparent and colloidal, the beaker is taken down and 30mL of deionized water is added to prepare the Lu (NO) containing solution3)3、Tb(NO3)3Putting the solution in an ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to make the solution uniform; adding KF (99.5%) into another 100mL beaker, and adding deionized water ultrasonic machine for ultrasonic treatment for 10min to obtain KF solution2O3KF is 0.8:70 in a molar ratio;
(2) will contain Lu (NO)3)3、Tb(NO3)3Magnetically stirring the solution for 15min, adding a KF solution, magnetically stirring for 15min for the second time, adding 25mL of absolute ethanol solution and 10mL of deionized water, and magnetically stirring for 60min for the third time to form a white turbid solution;
(3) transferring the white turbid liquid into a reaction kettle with a lining, carrying out hydrothermal reaction for 20 hours in a drying oven at 220 ℃, cooling the reaction kettle to room temperature along with the furnace after the reaction is finished, and taking out the reaction kettle;
(4) centrifuging the reactant after the hydrothermal reaction at 6000 r/min for 6min, washing the precipitate with absolute ethyl alcohol, and dispersing the precipitate in deionized water to obtain KLu2F7:0.20Tb3+Scintillator, KLu2F7:0.20Tb3+The XRD pattern of the scintillator is shown in FIG. 1, which shows no clutter compared to standard PDF cards 27-0459, indicating that the resulting scintillator material is a single phase.