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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
F. Patrick Doty, Livermore, CA (US);
Pin Yang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Xiaowang Zhou, Livermore, CA (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A stabilized scintillator includes a compound corresponding to formula (2) or (3), or activated derivatives thereof:ABB'B″X  (2)ABB′XX′  (3)wherein A and B are monovalent cations, B′ is a trivalent cation, X is a halogen, x and y are molar percentages, x+y=1; B″ is an aliovalent exchange cation that has a different valence than B′, X′ is an aliovalent exchange anion that has a different valence than X. A method of preparing the stabilized scintillator is also disclosed.