Patent ID: 8858831

Claim:
A scintillator composition comprising a solvent or matrix containing a fluorophore having the formula (I) and/or a fluorophore having the formula (II) wherein R 1 and R 2 , being identical or different, are independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl which optionally contains one or more heteroatoms, alkoxy, aryl and alkyne with an aryl end group; R 3 is chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl which optionally contains one or more heteroatoms, aryl, heterocycle, ether and ester; R 4 and R 5 , being identical or different, are independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl which optionally contains one or more heteroatoms, aryl, heterocycle, ether and ester, whereby the R 4 and R 5 groups are optionally combined to one cyclic structure; and R 6 , if present, is chosen from the group consisting of hydrogen, aryl and alkyl.