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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Marek A. Osinski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nathan J. Withers, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brian A. Akins, Edgewood, NM (US);
Gennady A. Smolyakov, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Krishnaprasad Sankar, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Marek A. Osinski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nathan J. Withers, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brian A. Akins, Edgewood, NM (US);
Gennady A. Smolyakov, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Krishnaprasad Sankar, Hillsboro, OR (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A heterogeneous scintillator material is provided comprising core/shell nanoparticles having a highly hygroscopic or deliquescent halide-based core activated with trivalent Lnor divalent Lnlanthanide ions (Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) and a stable non-hygroscopic shell thereon. The heterogeneous nanoparticles can comprise highly hygroscopic lanthanide halide (LaBr, LuI) cores protected with stable non-hygroscopic LaFshells. The heterogeneous nanoparticles can comprise deliquescent alkaline earth halide (SrI, BaI) cores protected with stable non-hygroscopic (SrF, BaF) shells.