Apparatus, system, and method for radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer scintillator

Akgun, Ugur; Onel, Yasar

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Title: Apparatus, system, and method for radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer scintillator

Abstract

A scintillating material that is a radiation hardened plastic and flexible elastomer is disclosed. The material is useful in a wide range of high energy particle environments and can be used to create detectors. Such detectors can be used in physics experiments or in medical treatment or imaging. The scintillator can be radiation hardened so as to allow for an extended lifetime over other materials.

Inventors:: Akgun, Ugur; Onel, Yasar

Issue Date:: Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Research Org.:: Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1892847

Patent Number(s):: 11307314

Application Number:: 16/061,533

Assignee:: University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, IA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

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C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
C09K11/02 - Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor
C09K11/06 - containing organic luminescent materials
C09K2211/1007 - Non-condensed systems
C09K2211/14 - Macromolecular compounds

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T1/20 - with scintillation detectors
G01T1/2002 - {Optical details, e.g. reflecting or diffusing layers}
G01T1/2006 - {using a combination of a scintillator and photodetector which measures the means radiation intensity}
G01T1/203 - the detector being made of plastics
G01T1/2033 - {Selection of materials

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DOE Contract Number:: SC0010113

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/20/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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