High effective atomic number polymer scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy

Cherepy, Nerine Jane; Sanner, Robert Dean; Payne, Stephen Anthony; Rupert, Benjamin Lee; Sturm, Benjamin Walter

High effective atomic number polymer scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy

Patent · Tue Apr 15 04:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1129192

Cherepy, Nerine Jane; Sanner, Robert Dean; Payne, Stephen Anthony; Rupert, Benjamin Lee; Sturm, Benjamin Walter

A scintillator material according to one embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. A scintillator material according to another embodiment includes a bismuth-loaded aromatic polymer having a fluor incorporated therewith and an energy resolution at 662 keV of less than about 10%. Additional systems and methods are also presented.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 8,698,086

Application Number:: 13/162,503

OSTI ID:: 1129192

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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