US 12,234,147 B2
Lithium-containing chalcophosphates for thermal neutron detection
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Wilmette, IL (US); Daniel G. Chica, Evanston, IL (US); Yihui He, Evanston, IL (US); and Duck Young Chung, Bolingbrook, IL (US)
Assigned to Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US); and UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US); and UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,220.
Application 18/142,220 is a division of application No. 17/252,776, granted, now 11,679,980, previously published as PCT/US2019/037859, filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,144, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,430, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294993 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. C01B 25/14 (2006.01); C30B 23/00 (2006.01); C30B 29/46 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01T 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 25/14 (2013.01) [C30B 23/00 (2013.01); C30B 29/46 (2013.01); G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G01T 3/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lithium-containing chalcophosphate compound having the formula LiMP2Q6, where M is Ga, In, Bi, Sb, As, or a combination thereof, and Q is S, Se, or a combination thereof.