Selective surface treatment of thallium bromide (TLBR)-based detectors to improve longevity and/or restore operational capacity thereof
Abstract
In various approaches room-temperature gamma detector longevity may be improved by selectively removing, or selectively incorporating, alternate halogen component(s) from select surfaces of the detector. According to one embodiment, a method of improving operational longevity of a thallium bromide (TlBr)-based detector includes: selectively treating one or more surfaces of the TlBr-based detector to produce a surface substantially comprising pure TlBr. Similar techniques may be employed to restore a degraded or failed detector. According to another embodiment, a method of forming a TlBr-based detector exhibiting improved operational longevity includes: selectively treating one or more surfaces of the TlBr-based detector to replace Br therein with one or more alternate halogen components while also substantially avoiding replacing some or all of the Br in other surfaces of the TlBr-based detector with the one or more alternate halogen components. Corresponding structures for TlBr-based detectors with improved longevity are also described.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1462204
- Patent Number(s):
- 10020235
- Application Number:
- 15/340,849
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Nov 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Voss, Lars, Conway, Adam, Graff, Robert T., Nelson, Art, Nikolic, Rebecca J., Payne, Stephen A., and Swanberg, Jr., Erik Lars. Selective surface treatment of thallium bromide (TLBR)-based detectors to improve longevity and/or restore operational capacity thereof. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Voss, Lars, Conway, Adam, Graff, Robert T., Nelson, Art, Nikolic, Rebecca J., Payne, Stephen A., & Swanberg, Jr., Erik Lars. Selective surface treatment of thallium bromide (TLBR)-based detectors to improve longevity and/or restore operational capacity thereof. United States.
Voss, Lars, Conway, Adam, Graff, Robert T., Nelson, Art, Nikolic, Rebecca J., Payne, Stephen A., and Swanberg, Jr., Erik Lars. Thu .
"Selective surface treatment of thallium bromide (TLBR)-based detectors to improve longevity and/or restore operational capacity thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462204.
@article{osti_1462204,
title = {Selective surface treatment of thallium bromide (TLBR)-based detectors to improve longevity and/or restore operational capacity thereof},
author = {Voss, Lars and Conway, Adam and Graff, Robert T. and Nelson, Art and Nikolic, Rebecca J. and Payne, Stephen A. and Swanberg, Jr., Erik Lars},
abstractNote = {In various approaches room-temperature gamma detector longevity may be improved by selectively removing, or selectively incorporating, alternate halogen component(s) from select surfaces of the detector. According to one embodiment, a method of improving operational longevity of a thallium bromide (TlBr)-based detector includes: selectively treating one or more surfaces of the TlBr-based detector to produce a surface substantially comprising pure TlBr. Similar techniques may be employed to restore a degraded or failed detector. According to another embodiment, a method of forming a TlBr-based detector exhibiting improved operational longevity includes: selectively treating one or more surfaces of the TlBr-based detector to replace Br therein with one or more alternate halogen components while also substantially avoiding replacing some or all of the Br in other surfaces of the TlBr-based detector with the one or more alternate halogen components. Corresponding structures for TlBr-based detectors with improved longevity are also described.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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