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Title: Nano structural anodes for radiation detectors

Abstract

Anodes for proportional radiation counters and a process of making the anodes is provided. The nano-sized anodes when present within an anode array provide: significantly higher detection efficiencies due to the inherently higher electric field, are amenable to miniaturization, have low power requirements, and exhibit a small electromagnetic field signal. The nano-sized anodes with the incorporation of neutron absorbing elements (e.g., .sup.10B) allow the use of neutron detectors that do not use .sup.3He.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1190913
Patent Number(s):
9075148
Application Number:
13/427,254
Assignee:
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-08SR22470
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Cordaro, Joseph V., Serkiz, Steven M., McWhorter, Christopher S., Sexton, Lindsay T., and Retterer, Scott T. Nano structural anodes for radiation detectors. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Cordaro, Joseph V., Serkiz, Steven M., McWhorter, Christopher S., Sexton, Lindsay T., & Retterer, Scott T. Nano structural anodes for radiation detectors. United States.
Cordaro, Joseph V., Serkiz, Steven M., McWhorter, Christopher S., Sexton, Lindsay T., and Retterer, Scott T. Tue . "Nano structural anodes for radiation detectors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1190913.
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abstractNote = {Anodes for proportional radiation counters and a process of making the anodes is provided. The nano-sized anodes when present within an anode array provide: significantly higher detection efficiencies due to the inherently higher electric field, are amenable to miniaturization, have low power requirements, and exhibit a small electromagnetic field signal. The nano-sized anodes with the incorporation of neutron absorbing elements (e.g., .sup.10B) allow the use of neutron detectors that do not use .sup.3He.},
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Works referenced in this record:

Method and Apparatus for Determining Radiation
patent-application, April 2011


Development of a new radiation detector utilizing CNTs as anodes
journal, November 2005


Toward a carbon nanotube anode gas-filled radiation detector
journal, October 2011

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