Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting radiation are generally described. The radiation detector comprises at least one semiconductor material, such as a thallium halide, that provides an electrical signal and optical signal upon exposure to a source of radiation. The electrical signal and optical signal may both be measured to detect the radiation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2024
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Leonard Cirignano, Hadong Kim
Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating a film, such as, for example, a photocathode, having a tailored band structure and thin-film components that can be tailored for specific applications, such as, for example photocathode having a high quantum efficiency, and simple components fabricated by those methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 23, 2024
Assignees:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc., University of Chicago, Brookhaven Science Associates, LLP
Inventors:
Harish B. Bhandari, Vivek V. Nagarkar, Olena E. Ovechkina, Henry J. Frisch, Klaus Attenkofer, John M. Smedley
Abstract: Halide-based scintillator materials, and related systems and methods are generally described. In some embodiments, the scintillator materials are thallium-based and/or have a perovskite structure. Specific embodiments of thallium calcium halides and thallium magnesium halides with desirable scintillation properties are provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 3, 2022
Publication date:
June 15, 2023
Applicant:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Edgar V. Van Loef, Jaroslaw Glodo, Pijush Bhattacharya, Lakshmi Soundara Pandian, Kanai S. Shah
Abstract: Scintillators that can support up to 20 MHz count rates, which is significantly faster than the required 100K counts/second needed for single crystal diffractometers and methods for fabricating them.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 7, 2023
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Vivek V. Nagarkar, Pijush Bhattacharaya
Abstract: Scintillator materials, as well as related systems, and methods of detection using the same, are described herein. The scintillator material composition may comprise a Tl-based scintillator material. For example, the composition may comprise a thallium-based halide. Such materials have been shown to have particularly attractive scintillation properties and may be used in a variety of applications for detection radiation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 18, 2022
Publication date:
January 5, 2023
Applicant:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Rastgo Hawrami, Lakshmi Soundara Pandian, Kanai S. Shah
Abstract: A radiation detector is generally described. The detector can comprise a thallium halide (e.g., TlBr) and/or an indium halide. The thallium halide and/or indium halide can be doped with a dopant or a mixture of dopants. The dopant can comprise an alkaline earth metal element, a lanthanide element, and/or an element with an oxidation state of +2. Non-limiting examples of suitable dopants include Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and/or Yb. Radiation detectors, as described herein, may have beneficial properties, including enhanced charge collection and long-term stability.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2022
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Leonard Cirignano, Hadong Kim, Alexei Churilov, Andrey Gueorguiev, Alireza Kargar
Abstract: Embodiments of composite scintillators which may include a scintillator material encapsulated in a plastic matrix material and their methods of use are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2022
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Andrey Gueorguiev, Edgar V. Van Loef, Gary Markosyan
Abstract: Scintillator materials, as well as related systems, and methods of detection using the same, are described herein. The scintillator material composition may comprise a Tl-based scintillator material. For example, the composition may comprise a thallium-based halide. Such materials have been shown to have particularly attractive scintillation properties and may be used in a variety of applications for detection radiation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Rastgo Hawrami, Lakshmi Soundara Pandian, Kanai S. Shah
Abstract: Methods and systems for fabricating a film, such as, for example, a photocathode, having a tailored band structure and thin-film components that can be tailored for specific applications, such as, for example photocathode having a high quantum efficiency, and simple components fabricated by those methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Harish B. Bhandari, Vivek V. Nagarkar, Olena E. Ovechkina, Henry J. Frisch, Klaus Attenkofer, John M. Smedley
Abstract: Large detection area, high spatial resolution, high dynamic range and low noise neutron detectors are disclosed. Curved detectors that minimize parallax errors and boundary regions without sacrificing its intrinsic resolution or the efficiency are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Vivek V. Nagarkar, Matthew Marshall, Harish Bhandari, Stuart Miller
Abstract: Scintillator compositions comprising lithium, an alkaline earth metal, a halide, and optionally a dopant, and related systems and methods for detecting radiation are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2019
Publication date:
July 16, 2020
Applicant:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Jaroslaw Glodo, Edgar V. Van Loef, Rastgo Hawrami, Urmila Shirwadkar, Lakshmi Soundara Pandian
Abstract: Embodiments of composite scintillators which may include a scintillator material encapsulated in a plastic matrix material and their methods of use are described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 22, 2019
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Andrey Gueorguiev, Edgar V. Van Loef, Gary Markosyan
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are related to a method of forming an elpasolite scintillator. In one nonlimiting embodiment, a method of forming an elpasolite scinitillator may comprise forming an elpasolite crystal from a nonstoichiometric melt.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 2015
Date of Patent:
January 21, 2020
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Kanai S. Shah, Josh Tower, Rastgo Hawrami
Abstract: Compositions, related to plastic scintillating materials based on a monomer combined with a cross-linker, an oxazole, and a fluorophore and/or an organometallic compound are disclosed. The disclosed plastic scintillator materials may advantageously provide gamma-neutron pulse shape discrimination capabilities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 24, 2019
Assignee:
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Edgar V. Van Loef, Kanai S. Shah, Urmila Shirwadkar, Gary Markosyan