2021

1.     S. Cheng, M. Nikl, A. Beitlerova, Y. Jia, R. Kucerkova, G. Niu, Y. Jia, J. Tang, G. Ren, Y. Wu,* Ultra-bright and highly efficient all-inorganic zero-dimensional perovskite scintillators, Advanced Optical Materials 9 (2021) 2100460 1-7.

2.     S. Cheng, A. Beitlerova, R. Kucerkova, E. Mihokova, M. Nikl, Z. Zhou, G. Ren, Y. Wu,* Non-hygroscopic, self-absorption free, efficient 1D CsCu₂I₃ perovskite single crystal for radiation detection, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (2021) 12198-12202.

3.     M. Yang, M. Loyd, J. Shi, H. Li, G. Ren,* C. L. Melcher, and Y. Wu,* LiCaAlF₆:Eu and LiCaAlF₆:Ce single crystals grown by the vertical Bridgman method in non-vacuum atmosphere and their optical and scintillation properties, Crystal Growth & Design 21(2) (2021) 847-853.

2020

1.     S. Cheng, A. Beitlerova, R. Kucerkova, M. Nikl, G. Ren, Y. Wu,* Zero-dimensional Cs₃Cu₂I₅ perovskite single crystal as sensitive X-ray and g-ray scintillator, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 14 (2020) 2000374 1-4.

2.     L. Chen, D. Ding, M. Fasoli, T. Wang, X. Chen, S. Zhao, J. Chen, Y. Sun, J. Li, Y. Wu, H. Feng, Role of yttrium in thermoluminescence of LYSO:Ce crystals, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 (2020) 17726-17732.

3.     Y. Wu,* G. Yang, D. Han, M. Liu, A. Hawari, M.-H. Du,* J. Peng, C. Forster, S. Chen, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Role of lithium codoping in enhancing scintillation yield of aluminate garnets, Physical Review Applied 13 (2020) 064060 1-14.

4.     V. Laguta, M. Buryi, Y. Wu, G. Ren, and M. Nikl, Electron and hole trapping in the Ce³⁺ and Pr³⁺ doped lutetium pyrosilicate scintillator crystals studied by electron paramagnetic resonance, Physical Review Applied 13 (2020) 044060.

5.     S. Cheng, R. Hunneke, M. Tian, E. Lukosi, M. Zhuravleva, C. L. Melcher, and Y. Wu,* Self-assembled ^natLiCl-CeCl₃ directionally solidified eutectics for thermal neutron detection, CrystEngComm 22 (2020) 3269-3273.

6.     S. Wang, D. Rutstrom, L. Stand, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, and Y. Wu,* Optical and scintillation properties of Hf⁴⁺ codoped SrI₂:Eu²⁺ single crystals, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 67 (2020) 876-879.

7.     Y. Wu,* Q. Li, D. Rutstrom, I. Greeley, L. Stand, M. Loyd, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Effects of zirconium codoping on the optical and scintillation properties of SrI₂:Eu²⁺ single crystals, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 954 (2020) 161242.

8.     M. Loyd, L. Stand, D. Rutstrom, Y. Wu, J. Glodo, K. Shah, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, and M. Zhuravleva, Investigation of CeBr_3-xI_x scintillators, Journal of Crystal Growth 531 (2020) 125365 1-6.

9.     C. Foster, Y. Wu, L. Stand, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, Czochralski growth and scintillation properties of Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ codoped (Lu_0.75Y_0.25)₃Al₅O₁₂:Pr³⁺ single crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth 532 (2020) 125408.

10. X. Sun, X. Liu, Y. Wu, Z. Xiao, Q. Chen, W. Wang, and Q. Yang, Enhanced emission intensity of Ce³⁺-doped aluminoborosilicate glasses prepared in air, Ceramics International 46 (2020) 4035-4038.

11. L. Zhang, S. Lyu, Q. Zhang, S. Chmely, Y. Wu, C. Melcher, K. Rajan, D. Harper, S. Wang, Z. Chen, Recycling hot-water extractions of lignocellulosic biomass in bio-refinery for synthesis of carbon nanoparticles with amplified luminescence and its application in temperature sensing, Industrial Crops and Products 145 (2020) 112066 1-12.

2019

1.       C. Foster, Y. Wu, L. Stand, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, Effects of lithium codopant concentration on the luminescence properties of (Lu_0.75Y_0.25)₃Al₅O₁₂:Pr³⁺ single crystals: before and after air annealing, Journal of Luminescence 216 (2019) 116751 1-5.

2.       R. Roccanova, A. Yangui, G. Seo, T. Creason, Y. Wu, D. Y. Kim, and B. Saparov, Bright luminescence from non-toxic CsCu₂X₃ (X=Cl, Br, I), ACS Materials Letters 1 (2019) 459-465.

3.       L. Stand, M. Zhuravleva, J. Johnson, M. Koschan, M. Loyd, Y. Wu, E. Lukosi, C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and characterization of high performance KSr₂Br_xI_5-x:Eu scintillators, Journal of Crystal Growth 526 (2019) 125213.

4.       A. Yangui, R. Roccanova, Y. Wu, M. Du, B. Saparov, Highly efficient broadband luminescence involving organic and inorganic molecules in a zero-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic lead chloride, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 22470-22477.

5.       Y. Wu,* M. Koschan, C. Foster, and C. L. Melcher, Czochralski growth, optical, scintillation, and defect properties of Cu²⁺ codoped Lu₂SiO₅:Ce³⁺ single crystals, Crystal Growth & Design 19 (2019) 4081-4089.

6.       A. Yangui, R. Roccanova, M. McWhorter, Y. Wu, M. Du, B. Saparov, Hybird organic-Inorganic (C₅H₇N₂)₂MBr₄, (M = Hg, Zn) with High Color Rendering Index and High Efficiency White-Light Emission, Chemistry of Materials 31 (2019) 2983-2991.

7.       Y. Wu,* J. Peng, D. Rutstrom, M. Koschan, C. Foster, and C. L. Melcher, Unravelling the critical role of site occupancy of lithium codopants in Lu₂SiO₅:Ce³⁺ single-crystalline scintillators, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11(8) (2019) 8194-8201.

8.       Y. Wu,* M. Tian, J. Peng, M. Koschan, I. Greeley, C. Foster, and C. L. Melcher, On the role of Li codoping in simultaneous improvement of light yield, decay time and afterglow of Lu₂SiO₅:Ce³⁺ scintillation detectors, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 13(2) (2019) 1800472 1-5.

9.       L. Zhang, S. Lyu, Q. Zhang, Y. Wu, C. Melcher, S. C. Chmely, Z. Chen, and S. Wang, Dual-emitting flexible nanocellulose film with cellulose nanocrystal-assisted fluorescent carbon dots grafted SrAl₂O₄:Eu,Dy phosphors for temperature sensing, Carbonhydrate Polymers 206 (2019) 767-777.

10.    M. Loyd, A. C. Lindsey, Y. Wu, L. Stand, M. Folsom, D. Rutstrom, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, M. Zhuravleva, Growth of large size (338 mm diameter) KCaI₃:Eu scintillator crystals, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 914 (2019) 8-14.

11.    L. Stand, M. Zhuravleva, B. Chakoumakos, H. Wei, J. Johson, V. Martin, M. Loyd, D. Rutstrom, W. McAlexander, Y. Wu, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Characterization of mixed halides scintillators: CsSrBrI₂:Eu, CsCaBrI₂:Eu and CsSrClBr₂:Eu, Journal of Luminescence 207 (2019) 70-77.

2018

1.   C. Foster, Y. Wu,* M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Improvements in light yield and energy resolution by Li⁺ codoping of (Lu_0.75Y_0.25)₃Al₅O₁₂:Pr³⁺ single crystal scintillators, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 12 (2018) 1800280 1-4.

2.   Y. Wu,* Q. Li, D. Rutstrom, M. Zhuravleva, M. Loyd, L. Stand, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Tailoring the properties of europium doped potassium calcium iodide scintillators through defect engineering, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 12(2) (2018) 1700403 1-4.

3.   Y. Wu,* D. Han, B. Chakoumakos, H. Shi, S. Chen, M. Du, I. Greeley, M. Loyd, D. Rutstrom, L. Stand, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Zero-dimensional Cs₄EuX₆ (X=Br, I) all-inorganic perovskite single crystals for gamma-ray spectroscopy, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 6 (2018) 6647-6655.

4.   Y. Wu,* M. Koschan, Q. Li, I. Greeley, and C. L. Melcher, Revealing the role of calcium codoping on optical and scintillation homogeneity in Lu₂SiO₅:Ce single crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth 498 (2018) 362-371.

5.   Y. Wu,* B. Chakoumakos, H. Shi, M. Du, I. Greeley, M. Loyd, D. Rutstrom, L. Stand, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Crystal structure, electronic structure, optical and scintillation properties of self-activated Cs₄YbI₆, Journal of Luminescence 201 (2018) 460-465.

6.   R. Roccanova, M. Houck, D. Han, Hongliang Shi, Y. Wu, D. T. Glatzhofer, S. Chen, M. Du, and B. Saparov, Tunable broadband emission in hybrid organic-inorganic halides of group 12 metals, ACS Omega 3 (2018) 18791-18802.

7.   X. Sun, Z. Xiao, Y. Wu, X. Yu, Q. Hu, Y. Yuan, Q. Liu, and Z. Kang, Role of Al³⁺ on tuning optical properties of Ce³⁺-activated borosilicate scintillating glasses prepared in air, Journal of American Ceramic Society 101 (2018) 4480-4485.

8.   J. Johnson, M. Zhuravleva, L. Stand, B. Chakoumakos, Y. Wu, I. Greeley, D. Rutstrom, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Discovery of new compounds and scintillators of the A₄BX₆ family: crystal structure, thermal, optical, and scintillation properties, Crystal Growth and Design 18 (2018) 5220-5230.

9.   C. Foster, M, Koschan, Y. Wu, and C. L. Melcher, Boron codoping of Czochralski grown lutetium aluminate garnet and the effect on scintillation properties, Journal of Crystal Growth 486 (2018) 126-129.

10.    L. Stand, M. Zhuravleva, B. C. Chakoumakou, J. Johnson, M. Loyd, Y. Wu, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Eu²⁺ doped Cs₄CaI₆ and Cs₄SrI₆, Journal of Crystal Growth 486 (2018) 162-168.

11.    L. Stand, M. Zhuravleva, J. Johnson, M. Koschan, Y. Wu, S. Donnal, K. Vaigneur, E. Lukosi, and C. L. Melcher, Exploring growth conditions and Eu²⁺ concentration effects for KSr₂I₅:Eu scintillator crystals II: 25 mm crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth 483 (2018) 301-307.

12.    D. Rutstrom, R. Collette, L. Stand, M. Loyd, Y. Wu, M. Koschan, C. L. Melcher, and M. Zhuravleva, Investigation activators for potential novel scintillators LaI₃ and LaBr_3-xI_x, Journal of Crystal Growth 483 (2018) 251-257.

2017

1.   Y. Wu,* Q. Li, S. Jones, C. Dun, S. Hu, M. Zhuravleva, A. C. Lindsey, L. Stand, M. Loyd, M. Koschan, J. Auxier II, H. L. Hall, and C. L. Melcher, Defect engineering by codoping in KCaI₃:Eu²⁺ single-crystalline scintillators, Physical Review Applied 8 (2017) 034011 1-15.

2.   Y. Wu,* A. C. Lindsey, M. Loyd, L. Stand, M. Zhuravleva, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Scintillation properties of a 2-inch diameter KCa_0.8Sr_0.2I₃:Eu²⁺ single crystal, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 866 (2017) 13-17.

3.   C. Wang, D. Ding, Y. Wu, H. Li, X. Chen, J. Shi, Q. Yang, L. Ye, and G. Ren, Effect of thermal annealing on scintillation properties of Ce:Gd₂Y₁Ga_2.7Al_2.3O₁₂ under different atmosphere, Applied Physics A 123 (2017) 384 1-6.

4.   A. C. Lindsey, Y. Wu, M. Zhuravleva, M. Loyd, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Multi-ampoule Bridgman growth of halide scintillator crystals using the self-seeding method, Journal of Crystal Growth 470 (2017) 20-26.

5.   X. Sun, Z. Xiao, Y. Wu, and Z. Kang, Fast Ce³⁺-activated borosilicate glass scintillators prepared in air atmosphere, Ceramics International 43 (2017) 3401-3404.

2016

6.   Y. Wu,* S. S. Gokhale, A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, L. Stand, J. A. Johnson II, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Toward high energy resolution in CsSrI₃:Eu²⁺ scintillating crystals: effects of off-stoichiometry and Eu²⁺ concentration, Crystal Growth & Design 16(12) (2016) 7186-7193.

7.   Y. Wu,* A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Growth of inch-sized KCa_0.8Sr_0.2I₃:Eu²⁺ scintillating crystals and high performance for gamma-ray detection, CrystEngComm 18 (2016) 7435-7440.

8.   Y. Wu,* Q. Li, B. C. Chakoumakos, M. Zhuravleva, A. C. Lindsey, J. A. Johnson II, L. Stand, M. Koschan and C. L. Melcher, Quaternary iodide K(Ca,Sr)I₃:Eu²⁺ single crystal scintillators for radiation detection: crystal structure, electronic structure, optical and scintillation properties, Advanced Optical Materials 4(10) (2016) 1518-1532.

9.   Y. Wu,* A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Large-size KCa_0.8Sr_0.2I₃:Eu²⁺ crystals: growth and characterization of scintillation properties, Crystal Growth & Design 16(7) (2016) 4129-4135.

10.    Y. Wu,* M. Zhuravleva, J. A. Johnson II, H. Wei, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Effects of melt aging and off-stoichiometric melts in the CsSrI₃:Eu²⁺ single crystal scintillators, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 (2016) 8453-8461.

11.    Y. Wu,* M. Zhuravleva, A. C. Lindsey, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Eu²⁺ concentration effects in KCa_0.8Sr_0.2I₃:Eu²⁺: a novel high performance scintillator, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 820 (2016) 132-140.

12.    C. L. Melcher, M. Koschan, M. Zhuravleva, Y. Wu, H. Rothfuss, F. Meng, M. Tyagi, S. Donnald, K. Yang, J. P. Hayward, and L. Eriksson, Scintillator design via codoping, Proc. Int. Symp. on Radiation Detectors and Their Uses (ISRD2016) JPS Conference Proceedings 11 (2016) 020001 1-8.

13.    H. Huang, Q. Li, X. Lu, Y. Qian, Y. Wu, Richard T. Williams, Role of hot electron in scintillators: A theoretical study, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 10(10) (2016) 762-768.

14.    A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, Y. Wu, L. Stand, M. Loyd, S. Gokhale, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Effects of increasing size and changing europium activator concentration in KCaI₃ scintillator crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth 449 (2016) 96-103.

15.    C. Wang, Y. Wu, D. Ding, H. Li, X. Chen, J. Shi, and G. Ren, Optical and scintillation properties of Ce-doped (Gd₂Y₁)Ga_2.7Al_2.3O₁₂ single crystal grown by Czochralski method, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 820 (2016) 8-13.

2015

1.   Y. Wu,* L. A. Boatner, A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, S. Jones, J. D. Auxier II, H. L. Hall, and C. L. Melcher, Defect engineering in SrI₂:Eu²⁺ single crystal scintillators, Crystal Growth & Design 15(8) (2015) 3929-3938.

2.   Y. Wu,* H. Shi, B. C. Chakoumakos, M. Zhuravleva, M.-H. Du, and C. L. Melcher, Crystal structure, electronic structure, temperature-dependent optical and scintillation properties of CsCe₂Br₇, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (2015) 11366-11376.

3.   Y. Wu,* Z. Luo, H. Jiang, F. Meng, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Single crystal and optical ceramic multicomponent garnet scintillators: A comparative study, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 780 (2015) 45-50.

4.   Y. Wu,* G. Ren, F. Meng, X. Chen, D. Ding, H. Li, S. Pan, and C. L. Melcher, Scintillation characteristics of indium doped cesium iodide single crystal scintillator, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 62(2) (2015) 571-576.

5.   Y. Wu,* E. D. Lukosi, M. Zhuravleva, A. C. Lindsey, and C. L. Melcher, A novel LiCl-BaCl₂:Eu²⁺ eutectic scintillator for thermal neutron detection, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 797 (2015) 319-323.

6.   F. Meng, M. Koschan, Y. Wu, and C. L. Melcher, Relationship between Ca²⁺ concentration and the properties of codoped Gd₃Ga₃Al₂O₁₂:Ce scintillators, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 797 (2015) 138-143.

7.   F. Meng, Y. Wu, M. Kochan, C. L. Melcher and P. Cohen, Effect of annealing atmosphere on the cerium valence state and F⁺ luminescence center in Ca-codoped GGAG:Ce single crystals, Physica Status Solidi (b) 252 (2015) 1394-1401.

8.   X. Sun, Z. Ye, Y. Wu, Z. Xiao, P. Gao, R. Mao, Z. Zhang, and J. Zhao, Role of minor quantity of Si₃N₄ addition on the optical properties of Ce³⁺-activated borogermanate scintillating glass, Optical Materials Express 5(6) (2015) 1381 1-8.

9.   X. Sun, L. Lin, Y. Wu, P. Gao, and Z. Xiao, Enhanced Ce³⁺ emission in B₂O₃-GeO₂-Gd₂O₃ scintillating glasses induced by melting temperature, Optical Materials Express 5(4) (2015) 920-925.

10.    A. C. Lindsey, W. Mcalexander, L. Stand, Y. Wu, M. Zhuravleva, and C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and spectroscopic performance of large crystalline boules of CsCaI₃:Eu scintillator, Journal of Crystal Growth 427 (2015) 42-27.

11.    A. C. Lindsey, M. Zhuravleva, L. Stand, Y. Wu, and C. L. Melcher, Crystal growth and characterization of europium doped KCaI₃, a high light yield scintillator, Optical Materials 48 (2015) 1-6.

2014

1.   Y. Wu,* F. Meng, Q. Li, M. Koschan, and C. L. Melcher, Role of Ce⁴⁺ in the scintillation mechanism of codoped Gd₃Ga₃Al₂O₁₂:Ce, Physical Review Applied, 2 (2014) 044009 1-13.

2.   Y. Wu,* G. Ren, M. Nikl, X. Chen, D. Ding, H. Li, S. Pan, and F. Yang, CsI:Tl⁺,Yb²⁺: Ultra-high light yield scintillator with reduced afterglow, CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 3312-3317.

3.   Y. Wu,* J. Luo, M. Nikl, and G. Ren, Origin of improved scintillation efficiency in (Lu,Gd)₃(Ga,Al)₅O₁₂:Ce multicomponent garnets: An X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy study, APL Materials 2 (2014) 012101 1-4.

4.   Y. Wu,* G. Zhang, and G. Ren, Band-gap engineering in Lu₃Al₅O₁₂:Pr by Sc³⁺ or In³⁺ substitution, Journal of Luminescence 145 (2014) 371-378.

5.   Y. Wu,* G. Ren, F. Meng, X. Chen, D. Ding, H. Li, and S. Pan, Effects of Bi³⁺ codoping on the optical and scintillation properties of CsI:Tl single crystals, Physica Status Solidi (a) 211(11) (2014) 2586-2591.

6.   Y. Wu,* G. Ren, F. Meng, X. Chen, D. Ding, H. Li, and S. Pan, Ultralow-concentration Sm codoping in CsI:Tl scintillator: a case of little things can make a big difference, Optical Materials 38 (2014) 297-300.

7.   X. Sun, Z. Ye, Y. Wu, P. Gao, R. Mao, Z. Zhang, and J. Zhao, A simple and highly efficient method for synthesis of Ce³⁺-activated borogermanate scintillating glasses in Air, Journal of American Ceramic Society 97(11) (2014) 3388-3391.

8.   G. Ren, X. Chen, H. Li, Y. Wu, H. Shi, and L. Qin, Radiation induced optical absorption of cubic lead fluoride crystals and the effects of annealing, Chinese Physics Letters 31 (2014) 086102 1-3.

9.   D. Ding, B. Liu, Y. Wu, J. Yang, G. Ren, and J. Chen, Effect of yttrium on electron-phonon coupling strength of 5d state of Ce³⁺ ion in LYSO:Ce crystals, Journal of Luminescence 154 (2014) 260-266.

10.    D. Ding, L. Weng, J. Yang, G. Ren, and Y. Wu, Influence of yttrium content on the location of rare earth ions in LYSO:Ce crystals, Journal of Solid State Chemistry (209) (2014) 56-62.

11.    D. Ding, J. Yang, G. Ren, M. Nikl, S. Wang, Y. Wu, and Z. Mao, Effects of anisotropy on structural and optical characteristics of LYSO:Ce crystal, Physica Status Solidi (b) 251(6) (2014) 1202-1211.

12.    D. Ding, L. Qin, J. Yang, G. Ren, and Y. Wu, Thermal expansion of Lu₂SiO₅:Ce crystal, Thermochimica Acta 576 (2014) 36-38.