Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method

Cooke, D Wayne; McKigney, Edward A; Muenchausen, Ross E; Bennett, Bryan L

Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method

Patent · Tue Apr 28 04:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:968990

Cooke, D Wayne ^[1]; McKigney, Edward A ^[2]; Muenchausen, Ross E ^[2]; Bennett, Bryan L ^[2]

Santa Fe, NM
Los Alamos, NM

A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor, a lead doped nanophosphor, a thallium doped sodium iodide, a doped cesium iodide, a rare earth doped pyrosilicate, or a lanthanide halide. The compact can be used in a radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation.

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM

Sponsoring Organization:: United States Department of Energy

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 7,525,094

Application Number:: 11/644,246

OSTI ID:: 968990

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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