US Patent Issued to The Florida State University Research Foundation on Feb. 4 for "Boron nitride-phosphor composites, systems, and methods" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,261, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Boron nitride-phosphor composites, systems, and methods" was invented by Zhibin Yu (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite materials that include a phosphor and boron nitride particles. The composite materials may be scintillating materials. The boron nitride particles may be 10B enriched particles. Systems that include composite materials and a detector. Methods of detecting or blocking neutrons. Methods of manufacturing composite materials, including large-area composite materials."

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