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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Kalaga Murali Krishna, Bangalore, IN;
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Geetha Karavoor, Kasaragod, IN;
Kalaga Murali Krishna, Bangalore, IN;
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Geetha Karavoor, Kasaragod, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A nanomaterial comprising a plurality of nanoparticles. The plurality of nanoparticles includes at least one dopant and at least one of a metal oxide, a metal phosphate, a metal silicate, a metal hafnate, a metal aluminate, and combinations thereof. The metal is one of an alkali earth metal, a lanthanide, and a transition metal. The plurality of nanoparticles is formed by forming a homogenized precursor solution of at least one metal precursor and at least one dopant precursor, adding a fuel and optionally at least one of a phosphate source, a silicate source, a hafnate source, and an aluminate source to the precursor solution, removing water from the precursor solution to leave a reaction concentrate, and igniting the reaction concentrate to form a powder comprising the nanomaterial. In one embodiment, the nanomaterial is a scintillator material.