Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method

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

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Title: Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method

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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.

Inventors:

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

Santa Fe, NM
Los Alamos, NM

Issue Date:: 2009-04-28

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 968990

Patent Number(s):: 7525094

Application Number:: 11/644,246

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/02161 - {for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier}
H01L31/115 - Devices sensitive to very short wavelength, e.g. X-rays, gamma-rays or corpuscular radiation

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

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Dispersion of Agglomerated Nanoparticles by Fine Beads Mill [微小ビーズを用いたビーズミルにおける凝集ナノ粒子の分散] journal, January 2004

CeBr/sub 3/ scintillators for gamma-ray spectroscopy journal, December 2005

Czochralski growth of rare earth oxyorthosilicate single crystals journal, March 1993

Preparation of alumina by aqueous gelcasting journal, January 2004

Czochralski growth and characterization of (Lu1 − xGdx)2SiO5 single crystals for scintillators journal, April 1997

Czochralski growth of rare-earth orthosilicates (Ln2SiO5) journal, December 1986

Thermoluminescence of LaBr3:Ce and LaCl3:Ce crystals journal, January 2005

Development of nanophosphors—A review journal, June 2005

Interaction of binders with dispersant stabilised alumina suspensions journal, January 2000

Single-Crystal Rare-Earth-Doped Yttrium Orthosilicate Phosphors journal, January 1988

Precipitation−Redispersion of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles with Poly(acrylic acid): Toward Stable Dispersions journal, September 2005

Czochralski growth of rare-earth orthosilicates–Y2SiO5 single crystals journal, March 1999

Dispersion of Agglomerated Nanoparticles by Fine Beads Mill [微小ビーズを用いたビーズミルにおける凝集ナノ粒子の分散]
journal, January 2004

CeBr/sub 3/ scintillators for gamma-ray spectroscopy
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Czochralski growth of rare earth oxyorthosilicate single crystals
journal, March 1993

Preparation of alumina by aqueous gelcasting
journal, January 2004

Czochralski growth and characterization of (Lu1 − xGdx)2SiO5 single crystals for scintillators
journal, April 1997

Czochralski growth of rare-earth orthosilicates (Ln2SiO5)
journal, December 1986

Thermoluminescence of LaBr3:Ce and LaCl3:Ce crystals
journal, January 2005

Development of nanophosphors—A review
journal, June 2005

Interaction of binders with dispersant stabilised alumina suspensions
journal, January 2000

Single-Crystal Rare-Earth-Doped Yttrium Orthosilicate Phosphors
journal, January 1988

Precipitation−Redispersion of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles with Poly(acrylic acid): Toward Stable Dispersions
journal, September 2005

Czochralski growth of rare-earth orthosilicates–Y2SiO5 single crystals
journal, March 1999