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Title: Scintillators and applications thereof

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1143681
Patent Number(s):
8779365
Application Number:
13/642,224
Assignee:
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Williams, Richard T. Scintillators and applications thereof. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Williams, Richard T. Scintillators and applications thereof. United States.
Williams, Richard T. Tue . "Scintillators and applications thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1143681.
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year = {Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
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    Scintillators and applications thereof
    patent, July 2014