Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators

Title: Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators

Abstract

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising a gadolinium halide, optionally cerium-doped, having the formula A.sub.nGdX.sub.m:Ce; wherein A is nothing, an alkali metal, such as Li or Na, or an alkali earth metal, such as Ba; X is F, Br, Cl, or I; n is an integer from 1 to 2; m is an integer from 4 to 7; and the molar percent of cerium is 0% to 100%. The gadolinium halides or alkali earth metal gadolinium halides are scintillators and produce a bright luminescence upon irradiation by a suitable radiation.

Inventors:: Bourret-Courchesne, Edith; Derenzo, Stephen E.; Parms, Shameka; Porter-Chapman, Yetta D.; Wiggins, Latoria K.

Issue Date:: 2016-08-02

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1281075

Patent Number(s):: 9,404,036

Application Number:: 12/262,132

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2008 Oct 30

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Bourret-Courchesne, Edith, Derenzo, Stephen E., Parms, Shameka, Porter-Chapman, Yetta D., and Wiggins, Latoria K. Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Bourret-Courchesne, Edith, Derenzo, Stephen E., Parms, Shameka, Porter-Chapman, Yetta D., & Wiggins, Latoria K. Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators.  United States.

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                    Bourret-Courchesne, Edith, Derenzo, Stephen E., Parms, Shameka, Porter-Chapman, Yetta D., and Wiggins, Latoria K. Tue .  
        "Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1281075.

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  title        = {Alkali metal and alkali earth metal gadolinium halide scintillators},

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  abstractNote = {The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising a gadolinium halide, optionally cerium-doped, having the formula A.sub.nGdX.sub.m:Ce; wherein A is nothing, an alkali metal, such as Li or Na, or an alkali earth metal, such as Ba; X is F, Br, Cl, or I; n is an integer from 1 to 2; m is an integer from 4 to 7; and the molar percent of cerium is 0% to 100%. The gadolinium halides or alkali earth metal gadolinium halides are scintillators and produce a bright luminescence upon irradiation by a suitable radiation.},

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Modified Bridgman-Stockbarger growth of a novel NLO organic crystal (2-methoxyphenyl)-methylene-propanedinitrile
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Photoinduced charge transfer in BSO:Cr3+ homegrown single crystal at room temperature during grating formation under Ar+ laser illumination in EPR experiment
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journal, March 1994

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