Sorohalide scintillators, phosphors, and uses thereof

Yang, Pin; Deng, Haoran; Doty, F. Patrick; Zhou, Xiaowang

Sorohalide scintillators, phosphors, and uses thereof

Patent · 10 May 2016

OSTI ID:1252452

Yang, Pin; Deng, Haoran; Doty, F. Patrick; Zhou, Xiaowang

The present invention relates to sorohalide compounds having formula A.sub.3B.sub.2X.sub.9, where A is an alkali metal, B is a rare earth metal, and X is a halogen. Optionally, the sorohalide includes a dopant D. Such undoped and doped sorohalides are useful as scintillation materials or phosphors for any number of uses, including for radiation detectors, solid-state light sources, gamma-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, and drilling applications.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 9,334,444

Application Number:: 14/177,737

OSTI ID:: 1252452

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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