Mixed anion cesium rare earth silicates
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsHans-Conrad zur Loye, Allison M. Latshaw, Gregory Morrison
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Abstract
Scintillating compounds, methods of synthesizing scintillating compounds, and applications of scintillating compounds are disclosed. The scintillating compounds can include cesium rare earth silicates. A scintillating compound can include cesium, silicon, oxygen, fluorine, and one or more of europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and scandium. The scintillating compounds can form unit cells having the general formula Cs3RESi4O10F2 with RE including rare earth metals, lanthanides, and transition metals.
Claims19
A scintillating compound having the formula:
- Cs3RESi4O10F2;
- wherein
- RE comprises europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium or a combination thereof.
A method for synthesizing a scintillating compound having the formula:
- Cs3RESi4O10F2, wherein RE comprises europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, yttrium, scandium, or a combination thereof, the method comprising:
- layering a mixture of REF3 and SiO2 beneath a mixture of CsF and CsCl;
- heating the REF3, SiO2, CsF, and CsCl;
- cooling the REF3, SiO2, CsF, and CsCl;
- and
- collecting the Cs3RESi4O10F2 compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.