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Title: Lanthanide doped strontium barium mixed halide scintillators

Abstract

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising a lanthanide-doped strontium barium mixed halide useful for detecting nuclear material.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1241495
Patent Number(s):
RE45,930
Application Number:
14/569,322
Assignee:
The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Dec 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Gundiah, Gautam, Bizarri, Gregory A., Hanrahan, Stephen M., Bourret-Courchesne, Edith D., and Derenzo, Stephen E. Lanthanide doped strontium barium mixed halide scintillators. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Gundiah, Gautam, Bizarri, Gregory A., Hanrahan, Stephen M., Bourret-Courchesne, Edith D., & Derenzo, Stephen E. Lanthanide doped strontium barium mixed halide scintillators. United States.
Gundiah, Gautam, Bizarri, Gregory A., Hanrahan, Stephen M., Bourret-Courchesne, Edith D., and Derenzo, Stephen E. Tue . "Lanthanide doped strontium barium mixed halide scintillators". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1241495.
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