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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Vivek Nagarkar, Weston, MA (US);
Valeriy Gaysinskiy, Allston, MA (US);
Vivek Nagarkar, Weston, MA (US);
Valeriy Gaysinskiy, Allston, MA (US);
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a microcolumnar zinc selenide (ZnSe) scintillator and uses thereof, and methods of fabrication of microcolumnar scintillators using sublimation-based deposition techniques. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a scintillator including a microcolumnar scintillator material including zinc selenide (ZnSe) and a dopant. The microcolumnar scintillators of the present invention provide improved light channeling and resolution characteristics, thereby providing high spatial resolution, highly efficient scintillators.