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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Wilmette, IL (US);
Peng L. Wang, Evanston, IL (US);
Bruce W. Wessels, Wilmette, IL (US);
Zhifu Liu, Wilmette, IL (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); H01L 31/032 (2006.01); H01L 31/115 (2006.01); G01T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G01T 7/00 (2013.01); H01L 31/032 (2013.01); H01L 31/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for detecting incident radiation, such as incident x-rays or gamma-rays, are provided. The methods and devices use high purity, high quality single-crystals of inorganic semiconductor compounds having the formula APX, where A represents Pb or Sn and X represents S or Se, as photoelectric materials.