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  1. Highly Concentrated, Zwitterionic Ligand-Capped Mn2+:CsPb(BrxCl1–x)3 Nanocrystals as Bright Scintillators for Fast Neutron Imaging
    Montanarella, F.; McCall, K. M.; Sakhatskyi, K.; Yakunin, S.; Trtik, P.; Bernasconi, C.; Cherniukh, I.; Mannes, D.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Strobl, M.; Walfort, B.; Kovalenko, M. V. ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 4365–4373. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01923.
  2. Luminescent Lead Halide Ionic Liquids for High-Spatial-Resolution Fast Neutron Imaging
    Morad, V.; McCall, K. M.; Sakhatskyi, K.; Lehmann, E.; Walfort, B.; Losko, A. S.; Trtik, P.; Strobl, M.; Yakunin, S.; Kovalenko, M. V. ACS Photonics 2021, 8 (11), 3357–3364. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01348.

  3. On the Origin of Room-Temperature Amplified Spontaneous Emission in CsPbBr3 Single Crystals
    Kim, D.; Ryu, H.;  Lim, S. Y.;  McCall, K. M.;  Park, J.;  Kim, S.;  Kim, T. J.;  Kim, J.;  Kim, Y. S.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.;  Cheong, H.; Jang, J. I., Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 7185-7193. doi:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00591.
  4. Metal cation s lone-pairs increase octahedral tilting instabilities in halide perovskites
    Gao, L.; Yadgarov, L.;  Sharma, R.;  Korobko, R.;  McCall, K. M.;  Fabini, D. H.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.;  Rappe, A. M.; Yaffe, O., Mater. Adv. 2021, 2, 4610-4616. doi:
    10.1039/d1ma00288k.
  5. Lone-Pair-Induced Structural Ordering in the Mixed-Valent 0D Metal-Halides Rb23BiIIIxSbIII7–xSbV2Cl54 (0 ≤ x ≤ 7)
    Benin, B. M.; McCall, K. M.;  Wörle, M.;  Borgeaud, D.;  Vonderach, T.;  Sakhatskyi, K.;  Yakunin, S.;  Günther, D.; Kovalenko, M. V., Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 2408-2419. doi:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04491.
  6. Pressure-Induced Perovskite-to-non-Perovskite Phase Transition in CsPbBr3
    Noculak, A.; Boehme, S. C.;  Aebli, M.;  Shynkarenko, Y.;  McCall, K. M.; Kovalenko, M. V., Helv. Chim. Acta 2021, 104, e2000222. doi:
    10.1002/hlca.202000222
  7. Role of the A-Site Cation in Low-Temperature Optical Behaviors of APbBr3 (A = Cs, CH3NH3)
    Ryu, H.; Byun, H. R.;  McCall, K. M.;  Park, D. Y.;  Kim, T. J.;  Jeong, M. S.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Jang, J. I., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2340-2347. doi:
    10.1021/jacs.0c11980.
  8. Demonstration of Energy-Resolved γ-Ray Detection at Room Temperature by the CsPbCl3 Perovskite Semiconductor
    He, Y.; Stoumpos, C. C.;  Hadar, I.;  Luo, Z.;  McCall, K. M.;  Liu, Z.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2068-2077. doi:
    10.1021/jacs.0c12254.
  9. Inorganic Halide Perovskitoid TlPbI3 for Ionizing Radiation Detection
    Lin, W.; He, J.;  McCall, K. M.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Liu, Z.;  Hadar, I.;  Das, S.;  Wang, H.-H.;  Wang, B.-X.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2006635. doi:
    10.1002/adfm.202006635.
  10. Expanding the 0D Rb7M3X16 (M = Sb, Bi; X = Br, I) Family: Dual-Band Luminescence in Rb7Sb3Br16
    McCall, K. M.; Benin, B. M.;  Wörle, M.;  Vonderach, T.;  Günther, D.; Kovalenko, M. V., Helv. Chim. Acta 2020, 104, e2000206. doi: 10.1002/hlca.202000206.
  11. Static Rashba Effect by Surface Reconstruction and Photon Recycling in the Dynamic Indirect Gap of APbBr3 (A = Cs, CH3NH3) Single Crystals
    Ryu, H.; Park, D. Y.;  McCall, K. M.;  Byun, H. R.;  Lee, Y.;  Kim, T. J.;  Jeong, M. S.;  Kim, J.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Jang, J. I., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21059-21067. doi:
    10.1021/jacs.0c09132.
  12. Fast Neutron Imaging with Semiconductor Nanocrystal Scintillators
    McCall, K. M.; Sakhatskyi, K.;  Lehmann, E.;  Walfort, B.;  Losko, A. S.;  Montanarella, F.;  Bodnarchuk, M. I.;  Krieg, F.;  Kelestemur, Y.;  Mannes, D.;  Shynkarenko, Y.;  Yakunin, S.; Kovalenko, M. V., ACS Nano 2020, 14, 14686-14697. doi:
    10.1021/acsnano.0c06381.
  13. Efficient Lone-Pair-Driven Luminescence: Structure–Property Relationships in Emissive 5s2 Metal Halides
    McCall, K. M.; Morad, V.;  Benin, B. M.; Kovalenko, M. V., ACS Mater. Lett. 2020, 2, 1218-1232. doi:
    10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00211.
  14. Bright Blue and Green Luminescence of Sb(III) in Double Perovskite Cs2MInCl6 (M = Na, K) Matrices
    Noculak, A.; Morad, V.;  McCall, K. M.;  Yakunin, S.;  Shynkarenko, Y.;  Wörle, M.; Kovalenko, M. V., Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 5118-5124. doi:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01004.
  15. The Rb7Bi3-3xSb3xCl16  family: A Fully Inorganic Solid Solution with Room-Temperature Luminescent Members
    Benin, B. M.; McCall, K. M.;  Woerle, M.;  Morad, V.;  Aebli, M.;  Yakunin, S.;  Shynkarenko, Y.; Kovalenko Maksym, V., Angew. Chem. 2020, 59, 14490-14497. doi: 10.1002/anie.202003822.
  16. White CsPbBr3: Characterizing the One-Dimensional Cesium Lead Bromide Polymorph
    Aebli, M.; Benin, B.;  McCall, K. M.;  Viktoriia, M.;  Thöny, D.;  Grützmacher, H.; Kovalenko, M. V., Helv. Chim. Acta 2020, 103. doi: 10.1002/hlca.202000080.
  17. Direct thermal neutron detection by the 2D semiconductor 6LiInP2Se6
    Chica, D. G.; He, Y.;  McCall, K. M.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Pak, R. O.;  Trimarchi, G.;  Liu, Z.;  De Lurgio, P. M.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Nature 2020, 577, 346-349. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1886-8.
  18. Carrier recombination mechanism in CsPbBr3 revealed by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy
    Peters, J. A.; Liu, Z.;  Yu, R.;  McCall, K. M.;  He, Y.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Wessels, B. W., Phys. Rev. B 2019, 100, 235305. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.235305.
  19. Perovskites with a Twist: Strong In1+ Off-centering in the Mixed-Valent CsInX3 (X = Cl, Br)
    McCall, K. M.; Friedrich, D.;  Chica, D. G.;  Cai, W.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Alexander, G. C. B.;  Deemyad, S.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 9554-9566. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04095.
  20. Purification and Improved Nuclear Radiation Detection of Tl6SI4 Semiconductor
    Lin, W.; Liu, Z.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Das, S.;  He, Y.;  Hadar, I.;  Peters, J. A.;  McCall, K. M.;  Xu, Y.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 4738-4744. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00620.
  21. Controlling the Vapor Transport Crystal Growth of Hg3Se2I2 Hard Radiation Detector Using Organic Polymer
    He, Y.; Alexander, G. C. B.;  Das, S.;  Liu, Z.;  Hadar, I.;  McCall, K. M.;  Lin, W.;  Xu, Y.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 2074-2080. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01646.
  22. Synthesis, Crystal Growth, and Optoelectronic Characterization of Inorganic Halide Perovskites as Semiconductors for Hard Radiation Detection
    McCall, K. M. Doctoral Dissertation, Northwestern University, 2019.
  23. From 0D Cs3Bi2I9 to 2D Cs3Bi2I6Cl3: Dimensional Expansion Induces a Direct Band Gap but Enhances Electron–Phonon Coupling
    McCall, K. M.; Stoumpos, C. C.;  Kontsevoi, O. Y.;  Alexander, G. C. B.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2644-2650. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00636.
  24. Perovskite CsPbBr3 single crystal detector for alpha-particle spectroscopy
    He, Y.; Liu, Z.;  McCall, K. M.;  Lin, W.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 2019, 916, 217-221. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.01.008.
  25. Dynamic Disorder, Band Gap Widening, and Persistent Near-IR Photoluminescence up to at Least 523 K in ASnI3 Perovskites (A = Cs+, CH3NH3+ and NH2–CH═NH2+)
    Kontos, A. G.; Kaltzoglou, A.;  Arfanis, M. K.;  McCall, K. M.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Wessels, B. W.;  Falaras, P.; Kanatzidis, M. G., J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 26353-26361. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b10218.
  26. Deep Level and Near-Band-Edge Recombination in Semiconducting Antiperovskite Hg3Se2I2 Single Crystals
    Das, S.; McCall, K. M.;  Peters, J. A.;  He, Y.;  Kim, J.-I.;  Liu, Z.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Wessels, B. W., Adv. Opt. Mater. 2018, 6, 1800328. doi: 10.1002/adom.201800328.
  27. Noise sources and their limitations on the performance of compound semiconductor hard radiation detectors
    Liu, Z.; Peters, J. A.;  Kim, J.-I.;  Das, S.;  McCall, K. M.;  Wessels, B. W.;  He, Y.;  Lin, W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 2019, 916, 133-140. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.013.
  28. Resolving the Energy of γ-Ray Photons with MAPbI3 Single Crystals
    He, Y.; Ke, W.;  Alexander, G. C. B.;  McCall, K. M.;  Chica, D. G.;  Liu, Z.;  Hadar, I.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., ACS Photonics 2018, 5, 4132-4138. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00873.
  29. α-Particle Detection and Charge Transport Characteristics in the A3M2I9 Defect Perovskites (A = Cs, Rb; M = Bi, Sb)
    McCall, K. M.; Liu, Z.;  Trimarchi, G.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Lin, W.;  He, Y.;  Hadar, I.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Wessels, B. W., ACS Photonics 2018, 5, 3748-3762. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00813.
  30. High spectral resolution of gamma-rays at room temperature by perovskite CsPbBr3 single crystals
    He, Y.; Matei, L.;  Jung, H. J.;  McCall, K. M.;  Chen, M.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Liu, Z.;  Peters, J. A.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.;  Wasielewski, M. R.;  Dravid, V. P.;  Burger, A.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1609. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04073-3.
  31. An Effective Purification Process for the Nuclear Radiation Detector Tl6SeI4
    Lin, W.; Kontsevoi, O. Y.;  Liu, Z.;  Das, S.;  He, Y.;  Xu, Y.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  McCall, K. M.;  Rettie, A. J. E.;  Chung, D. Y.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 3484-3493. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00242.
  32. Cu2I2Se6: A Metal-Inorganic-Framework Wide-bandgap Semiconductor for Photon Detection at Room Temperature
    Lin, W.; Stoumpos, C. C.;  Kontsevoi, O. Y.;  Liu, Z.;  He, Y.;  Das, S.;  Xu, Y.;  McCall, K. M.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1894-1899. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b12549.
  33. The role of stoichiometry in the growth of large Pb2P2Se6 crystals for nuclear radiation detection
    Xu, Y.; Fu, X.;  Zheng, H.;  He, Y.;  Lin, W.;  McCall, K. M.;  Liu, Z.;  Das, S.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., ACS Photonics 2017, 5, 566-573. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01119.
  34. Improved Crystal Growth of Tl6SeI4 for γ-ray Detection Material by Oxide Impurity Removal
    Lin, W.; Kontsevoi, O. Y.;  Liu, Z.;  Das, S.;  He, Y.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  McCall, K. M.;  Malliakas, C. D.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 6096-6104. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01208.
  35. TlSbS2, a Semiconductor for Hard Radiation Detection
    Lin, W.; Chen, H.;  He, J.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  Liu, Z.;  Das, S.;  Kim, J.-I.;  McCall, K. M.;  Wessels, B. W.; Kanatzidis, M. G., ACS Photonics 2017, 4, 2891-2898. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00891.
  36. Polar Fluctuations in Metal Halide Perovskites Uncovered by Acoustic Phonon Anomalies
    Guo, P.; Xia, Y.;  Gong, J.;  Stoumpos, C. C.;  McCall, K. M.;  Alexander, G. C. B.;  Ma, Z.;  Zhou, H.;  Gosztola, D. J.;  Ketterson, J. B.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.;  Xu, T.;  Chan, M. K. Y.; Schaller, R. D., ACS Energy Lett. 2017, 2, 2463-2469. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00790.
  37. Strong Electron–Phonon Coupling and Self-Trapped Excitons in the Defect Halide Perovskites A3M2I9 (A = Cs, Rb; M = Bi, Sb)
    McCall, K. M.; Stoumpos, C. C.;  Kostina, S. S.;  Kanatzidis, M. G.; Wessels, B. W., Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 4129-4145. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01184.
  38. Single Crystalline Nanostructures of Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe with Distinct Facets and Morphologies
    Li, Z.; Shao, S.;  Li, N.;  McCall, K. M.;  Wang, J.; Zhang, S. X., Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 5443-5448. doi: 10.1021/nl4030193.