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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Thomas Schenkel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arun Persaud, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Rehan Kapadia, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ali Javey, Emeryville, CA (US);
Constance Chang-hasnain, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ivo Rangelow, Baunatal, DE;
Joe Kwan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Thomas Schenkel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Arun Persaud, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Rehan Kapadia, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ali Javey, Emeryville, CA (US);
Constance Chang-Hasnain, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ivo Rangelow, Baunatal, DE;
Joe Kwan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A neutron generator includes a conductive substrate comprising a plurality of conductive nanostructures with free-standing tips and a source of an atomic species to introduce the atomic species in proximity to the free-standing tips. A target placed apart from the substrate is voltage biased relative to the substrate to ionize and accelerate the ionized atomic species toward the target. The target includes an element capable of a nuclear fusion reaction with the ionized atomic species to produce a one or more neutrons as a reaction by-product.