Patent ID: 9360567
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: C09K,G01T

Claim Text:
1. A scintillation system for detecting incident radiation, comprising: a scintillator composition, wherein the scintillator composition comprises: a matrix material; base fluorescent dye molecules dissolved in the matrix material, wherein the matrix material with the base fluorescent dye molecules dissolved therein comprises base chromophores, wherein the base chromophores have a base chromophore average nearest neighbor distance in the range 0.5 to 12 Angstroms, wherein the base chromophores produce base scintillation light upon excitation, wherein the base scintillation has a base peak wavelength, wherein the base scintillation light has a base prompt time component and a base delayed time component, and wherein an intensity of the base prompt time component and an intensity of the base delayed time component provide information so as to allow distinguishing between base scintillation light created by fast neutrons and base scintillation light created by gamma rays; primary fluorescent dye molecules dissolved in the matrix material, wherein the primary fluorescent dye molecules absorb the base scintillation light and emit primary scintillation light, wherein the primary scintillation light has a primary peak wavelength, and wherein the primary peak wavelength is longer than the base peak wavelength; and organo metallic molecules dissolved in the matrix material, wherein a density and average atomic number of the scintillator composition is such that the scintillator composition is capable of containing a total energy of at least a portion of gamma rays incident on the scintillator system, and wherein containing the total energy of a gamma ray incident on the scintillation system in the scintillator composition allows a determination of the total energy of the gamma ray incident on the scintillation system from an intensity of the base scintillation light.