SUN INNOVATIONS INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1

Description

The modern detectors for X-ray, Gamma ray, and other high energy particles in space require advanced scintillator sensor with combination of superior luminosity, high material density, high speed with low latency, fine energy resolution, long radiation hardness and lifetime. Unfortunately, none of the existing single scintillator has all these desirable properties, which compromises the detector performance.nbsp;Thenbsp;project aim is to identify advanced scintillation sensors with superior overall properties than existing detectors. The primary objective of the Phase I project is to develop and demonstrate an effective combinatorial synthesis and high throughput screening method to rapidly prepare and search for advanced scintillators. We will verify the accuracy of the proposed combinatorial scintillator Ramp;D approach in Phase I, by applying it on multiple well-studied, state-of-the-art scintillators.nbsp;In Phase II, we will apply the set of unique high throughput scintillator Ramp;D tools to conduct a comprehensive synthesis and screening for advanced scintillator crystals based on semiconductors and rare-earth doped metal halides and oxides, with superior overall properties for various high energy radiation and particle detection applications of interests to NASA and multiple commercial sectors.