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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Zane William Bell, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Lynn Allen Boatner, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Zane William Bell, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Lynn Allen Boatner, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging with an activator a receptor material lacking a photoluminescent material and generating a by-product of a radioactive decay due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further including, generating light from the by-product via the Cherenkov effect and identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the light.