Highly Luminescent and Scintillating Hybrid Halide of (C13H25N)2[MnBr4] Enabled by Rigid Cation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussions
2.1. Crystal Structure Descriptions
2.2. The Luminescence Characteristics of Compound 1
2.3. The Scintillation Characteristics of Compound 1
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, R.; Jiang, L.; Zou, Q.; Bai, J.; Wu, L.; Li, J.; Liao, J. Highly Luminescent and Scintillating Hybrid Halide of (C13H25N)2[MnBr4] Enabled by Rigid Cation. Molecules 2025, 30, 2157. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102157
Li R, Jiang L, Zou Q, Bai J, Wu L, Li J, Liao J. Highly Luminescent and Scintillating Hybrid Halide of (C13H25N)2[MnBr4] Enabled by Rigid Cation. Molecules. 2025; 30(10):2157. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102157
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Renfu, Lulu Jiang, Qinghua Zou, Jianlong Bai, Lingkun Wu, Jianrong Li, and Jinsheng Liao. 2025. "Highly Luminescent and Scintillating Hybrid Halide of (C13H25N)2[MnBr4] Enabled by Rigid Cation" Molecules 30, no. 10: 2157. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102157
APA StyleLi, R., Jiang, L., Zou, Q., Bai, J., Wu, L., Li, J., & Liao, J. (2025). Highly Luminescent and Scintillating Hybrid Halide of (C13H25N)2[MnBr4] Enabled by Rigid Cation. Molecules, 30(10), 2157. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102157