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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2004
Sheng Dai, Knoxville, TN (US);
Andrew Curtis Stephan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Suree S. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Steven A. Wallace, Knoxville, TN (US);
Adam J. Rondinone, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sheng Dai, Knoxville, TN (US);
Andrew Curtis Stephan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Suree S. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Steven A. Wallace, Knoxville, TN (US);
Adam J. Rondinone, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
BWXT Y-12, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Applicant's present invention is a composite scintillator having enhanced transparency for detecting ionizing radiation comprising a material having optical transparency wherein said material comprises nano-sized objects having a size in at least one dimension that is less than the wavelength of light emitted by the composite scintillator wherein the composite scintillator is designed to have selected properties suitable for a particular application.