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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Luis Stand, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles L. Melcher, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Mariya Zhuravleva, Knoxville, TN (US);
Hua Wei, Knoxville, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
Mixed halide scintillation materials of the general formula ABMX'X″, where 0≤y≤1, 0.05≤w≤1, A may be an alkali metal, B may be an alkali earth metal, and X′ and X″ may be two different halogen atoms, and of the general formula ABMX′X″, where 0≤y≤1, 0.05≤w≤1, A maybe an alkali metal, B may be an alkali earth metal, and X′ and X″ are two different halogen atoms. The scintillation materials of formula (1) include a divalent external activator, M, such as Euor Yb. The scintillation materials of formula (2) include a monovalent external activator, M, such as Tl, Naand In.