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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Applicants:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Wilmette, IL (US);
Daniel G. Chica, Evanston, IL (US);
Yihui He, Evanston, IL (US);
Duck Young Chung, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignees:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 25/14 (2006.01); C30B 23/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/46 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01T 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 25/14 (2013.01); C30B 23/00 (2013.01); C30B 29/46 (2013.01); G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G01T 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Inorganic compounds having the formula LiMPQ, where M is Ga, In, Bi, Sb, As, Al, or a combination thereof, and Q is S and/or Se, are provided. Methods and devices for detecting incident neutrons and alpha-particles using the compounds are also provided. For thermal neutron detection applications, the compounds can be enriched with lithium-6 isotope (Li) to enhance their neutron detecting capabilities.