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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Matthew S. Marcus, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Matthew S. Marcus, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device include a conductive base layer, a semiconducting layer supported by and electrically coupled to the base layer, the semiconductor layer have integrated gadolinium nanoparticles presenting a high cross section to neutron particles, and a conductive top layer electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer, wherein the base layer and top layer are disposed to collect current from electrons resulting from neutron interactions with the gadolinium nanoparticles.