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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2021
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Daniel Joseph Rutstrom, Knoxville, TN (US);
Luis Stand, Knoxville, TN (US);
Merry A. Koschan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mariya Zhuravleva, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles L. Melcher, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
Inorganic halides (e.g., inorganic halide scintillators) of the general formula ABX, including inorganic halides comprising thallium monovalent cations and/or combinations of different halides, are described. Radiation detectors including the inorganic halide scintillators and methods of using the detectors to detect high energy radiation are also described. In some cases, the scintillators can include a gadolinium cation, a boron cation, a lithium cation, a chloride ion, or combinations thereof and the scintillator can be used to detect neutrons.