Lanthanide doped strontium-barium cesium halide scintillators

US9053832B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Gregory A. Bizarri · Berkeley, US
• Edith Bourret-Courchesne · Richmond, US
• Stephen E. Derenzo · Pinole, US
• Ramesh B. Borade · Livermore, US
• Gautam Gundiah · Berkeley, US
• Zewu Yan · Albany, US
• Stephen M. Hanrahan · Berkeley, US
• Anurag Chaudhry · Portland, US
• Andrew Canning · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21K2004/06
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

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