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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Starfire Industries, Llc, Champaign, IL (US);
Robert A. Stubbers, Champaign, IL (US);
Darren A. Alman, Mahomet, IL (US);
Brian E. Jurczyk, Champaign, IL (US);
Matthew D. Coventry, Champaign, IL (US);
Starfire Industries, LLC, Champaign, IL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments utilize high energy particles generated by nuclear reactions involving neutron radiation and neutron-sensitive materials to generate and maintain an electric potential gradient between an electrode and a region separated from the electrode by an electric insulator. System and methods contemplated by the invention thereby enable passive detection of neutrons without an externally applied electric potential bias by maintaining a charge accumulation facilitated by nuclear reactions involving neutrons. The charge accumulation produces an electric potential gradient within an electric insulator that separates the charge accumulation from an exterior region.