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Compact ion source neutron generator

US9161429B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Thomas Schenkel · San Francisco, US
Arun Persaud · Corona, US
Rehan Kapadia · Los Angeles, US
Ali Javey · Fremont, US
Constance J. Chang-Hasnain · Palo Alto, US
Ivo Rangelow · Kirchbauna, DE
Joe Kwan · Castro Valley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2012
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A neutron generator includes a conductive substrate comprising a plurality of conductive nanostructures with free-standing tips and a source of an atomic species to introduce the atomic species in proximity to the free-standing tips. A target placed apart from the substrate is voltage biased relative to the substrate to ionize and accelerate the ionized atomic species toward the target. The target includes an element capable of a nuclear fusion reaction with the ionized atomic species to produce a one or more neutrons as a reaction by-product.

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