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Title: Scintillators and applications thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1213452

Scintillators of various constructions and methods of making and using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a scintillator comprises at least one radiation absorption region and at least one spatially discrete radiative exciton recombination region.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Patent Number(s):
9,121,952
Application Number:
14/298,020
OSTI ID:
1213452
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jun 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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