[摘要]：(KLi)-Li-6(V1-xCex)F-5(x = 0.003, 0.02) single crystals were grown from the melt using the precise atmosphere control type Micro-Pulling-Down (mu-PD) method to examine their potential as a new thermal neutron scintillators. The grown crystals were single-phase materials as confirmed by XRD. The crystals demonstrated 40-60% transmittance above 320 nm and Ce3+ 5d-4f luminescence observed around 340 nm when exited by a-ray. The radio luminescence measurements under thermal neutron excitation (Cf-252) demonstrated the light yield of 890 (Ph/neutron) and the decay time excited by alpha-ray exhibited 20 and 259 ns.(C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
