Composite scintillators for detection of ionizing radiation

Dai, Sheng; Stephan, Andrew Curtis; Brown, Suree S; Wallace, Steven A; Rondinone, Adam J

Composite scintillators for detection of ionizing radiation

Patent · Mon Dec 27 23:00:00 EST 2010

OSTI ID:1009249

Dai, Sheng ^[1]; Stephan, Andrew Curtis ^[1]; Brown, Suree S ^[1]; Wallace, Steven A ^[1]; Rondinone, Adam J ^[1]

Knoxville, TN

Applicant's present invention is a composite scintillator having enhanced transparency for detecting ionizing radiation comprising a material having optical transparency wherein said material comprises nano-sized objects having a size in at least one dimension that is less than the wavelength of light emitted by the composite scintillator wherein the composite scintillator is designed to have selected properties suitable for a particular application.

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); BWXT Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Number(s):: 7,857,993

Application Number:: 10/940,054

OSTI ID:: 1009249

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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