Citation: Xing M M, Cao W H, Pang T, et al. Preparation and characterization of monodisperse spherical particles of X-ray nano-phosphors based on Gd 2 O 2 S:Tb.Monodisperse spherical Gd 2 O 2 S:Tb nanoparticles have been prepared using an improved homogeneous precipitation method combined with solid-gas sulfuration technology. The effects of Tb 3+ -doped concentration on luminescent intensity and color purity of samples were investigated, and the optimal Tb 3+ -doped concentration was determined. Under the excitation of X-ray, the obtained sample shows excellent luminescent properties, and its luminescent intensity is increased by about 50% under lower sulfuration temperature compared with that of the Gd 2 O 2 S:Tb nanoparticles prepared by complex precipitation method.rare earth oxysulfide, X-ray phosphor, nanoparticlePhosphor is a material that emits light after absorbing external energy (such as ultraviolet, X-ray and cathode ray). This kind of material has been widely applied in the fields of illumination, display, X-ray detection, etc. However, with the development of science and technology, lots of conventional phosphors have been unable to meet the requirements of current applications. In recent years, researchers have focused their work on the improvement of the luminescence property of traditional phosphors and preparation of new luminescent material with high performance, and they have made some achievements. For example, Xiong et al. [1] studied the influences of Ag and Mg dopants on the thermoluminescence (TL) of Li 2 B 4 O 7 (LBO):Cu phosphor, and the results indicate that proper concentrations of Ag and Mg can enhance the TL of LBO:Cu. Hu et al. [2,3] prepared Eu, Tb co-doped and Eu, Dy co-doped SiO 2 materials, and found that both of them are excellent tricolor fluorescence systems. Li et al. [4] synthesized Sr 3 SiO 5 :Eu 2+ phosphor for white LED by high temperature solid-state reaction. Moreover, Luo et al. [5] reviewed the recent progress in alkaline earth silicate host luminescent materials with broad excitation bands for phosphor-converted white LED. The research achievements mentioned above provide important references for actual application of phosphors. However, it is a pity that there are few investigations on X-ray phosphors.The rare earth oxysulfide phosphors have been widely used for X-ray display devices, because of their excellent X-ray-to-light conversion efficiency and color purity [6,7] . Among them, the Gd 2 O 2 S:Tb is considered as one of the most efficient X-ray phosphors [8] , and has been applied to the majority of the X-ray imaging systems such as the X-ray intensifying screen and the CCDbased X-ray detector [9] . In order to further improve the resolution of display devices to enhance the level of detection, the phosphors with higher quality are required. The quality of the phosphors is related to the luminescence efficiency, particle size, morphology and particle size distribution. It is well-known that monodisperse spherical particles are the most suitable ones for makin...