Codoped cesium iodide scintillators
AssigneeUniversity of Tennessee Research Foundation
InventorsEverett Michael Cavanaugh, Charles L. Melcher, Kimberly Shay Pestovich, Luis Manuel Stand Stracuzzi
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Abstract
Codoped sodium-doped cesium iodide scintillators are described. The codoping can alter one or more optical and/or scintillation property of the scintillator material. For example, the codoping can increase scintillation light yield and/or decrease scintillation decay time. Radiation detectors comprising the scintillators, methods of detecting high energy radiation using the radiation detectors, and methods of altering one or more scintillation and/or optical properties of a cesium iodide scintillator are also described.
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A scintillator material comprising a sodium-doped cesium iodide matrix, wherein said sodium-doped cesium iodide matrix is codoped with one or more codopant ions, wherein the one or more codopant ions are one or more monovalent cations, one or more divalent cations, or a combination of monovalent and divalent cations.
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