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Nanophosphor composite scintillator with a liquid matrix

US7679060B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC · US

Inventors

Edward A. McKigney · Los Alamos, US
Anthony K. Burrell · Los Alamos, US
Bryan L. Bennett · Los Alamos, US
David Wayne Cooke · Santa Fe, US
Kevin C. Ott · Los Alamos, US
Minesh Kantilal Bacrania · Los Alamos, US
Rico Del Sesto · Santa Fe, US
Robert David Gilbertson · Los Alamos, US
Ross E. Muenchausen · Española, US
Thomas Mark McCleskey · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2007
Grant date	Mar 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21K2004/06
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved nanophosphor scintillator liquid comprises nanophosphor particles in a liquid matrix. The nanophosphor particles are optionally surface modified with an organic ligand. The surface modified nanophosphor particle is essentially surface charge neutral, thereby preventing agglomeration of the nanophosphor particles during dispersion in a liquid scintillator matrix. The improved nanophosphor scintillator liquid may be used in any conventional liquid scintillator application, including in a radiation detector.

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