US 11,994,635 B2
MEMS nanotube based thermal neutron detector
Zishan Hameed, Norfolk, VA (US); John Gats, Seattle, WA (US); Jin-Woo Han, San Jose, CA (US); and Meyya Meyyappan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/233,441.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,444, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325553 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G01T 3/08 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01)
CPC G01T 3/08 (2013.01) [B81B 7/0058 (2013.01); B81B 2201/031 (2013.01); B81B 2203/04 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detector system, comprising:
a first sensor that is disposable, the first sensor comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a nanotube layer deposited on the first electrode and the second electrode, the nanotube layer comprising a first nanotube type configured to provide an electrical pathway between the first electrode, and a second nanotube type configured to detect a first type of radiation; and
a second sensor configured to detect a second type of radiation that is different from the first type of radiation, wherein the second sensor is disposable.