Transparent glass scintillators, methods of making same and devices using same

摘要

Compositions and methods are described for transparent glass composite having nanoparticles therein that scintillate in the presence of nuclear radiation, particularly gamma rays, but also x-rays, alpha particles, beta particles, and neutrons. The transparent glass composites can be prepared by a melt/cool process to produce the transparent glass composite. The wavelength of light emitted by the transparent glass composite can be tailored based on the materials used to make the glass composite. A detector that utilizes the transparent glass composite can measure nuclear radiation from numerous sources.

主权项

1. A transparent glass composite comprising a glass body and a plurality of nanoparticles distributed within the glass body; wherein an initial composition used to prepare the glass composite comprises a matrix metal compound and a dopant metal compound, the combination of the matrix metal compound and the dopant metal compound is at least 10 mol % of the initial composition, and the dopant metal compound is at least about 1.5 mol % of the initial composition.