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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2021
Applicants:
Omena Okpowe, Miami, FL (US);
Nezih Pala, Miami, FL (US);
Chunlei Wang, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/35 (2017.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); C03C 3/095 (2006.01); C03C 3/089 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); C03B 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/35 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C03B 19/06 (2013.01); C03C 3/089 (2013.01); C03C 3/095 (2013.01); G01T 1/2002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Doped glass scintillators and methods of fabricating the same are provided. Doped glass scintillators can be fabricated by a stereolithography process, and doping can be carried out before the green body composite formation so that homogeneity of the dopant is improved. The structures retain an amorphous structure through the fabrication process, and the vacuum sintering process assists with keeping the dopants in their luminescence-producing oxidation state.