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    公开号:FI20175993A1
    申请号:FI20175993
    申请日:2017-11-07
    公开日:2019-05-08
    发明作者:Pekka Laukkanen；Mika Lastusaari；Isabella Norrbo
    申请人:Turun Yliopisto；
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    专利说明:

    INDICATING THE INTENSITY OF A PREDETERMINED TYPE OF RADIATION
    FIELD OF THE INVENTION
    The present application relates to a detecting device and a method for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in incident electromagnetic radiation, and to the use of the detecting device.
    BACKGROUND
    Elevated levelsofultraviolet(UV)irradiation,whethercausedbysunlight ortanningultravioletdevices,hastheadverse effect ofincreasingthe probabilityofskin cancer,otherdiseases ofthe skinas well asskin aging.Knowing
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 when to seek for cover from ultraviolet radiation or when to apply or reapply sunscreen lotion is thus of importance .
    UV responsive photochromic organic molecules that change color upon UV exposure can be used. Currently, there are such devices as UV indicator bracelets and cards that can be used to indicate the level of solar UV radiation. These are based on organic molecules such as spiro-oxazines, spiropyrans, fulgides, fulgimides, bisimidazoles and viologen derivatives. Usually, the color from these materials fades when UV exposure is removed, thus making them reusable indicators, but some of them are for single use. However, many of the reusable photochromic molecules have a short lifetime, and they can thus lose their functionality after too long or too intense UV exposure. Spiro-oxazines, however, may last for two to three years. The drawback for the spiro-oxazines is their high price. The high prices and short lifetimes decrease the usability of these materials in the photochromic UV indicator devices. Hackmanite has also the ability to change color as a result of being exposed to ultraviolet radiation. However, when used as such the color intensity thereof may be rather weak 5 because sunlight irradiance contains only about 3 % of ultraviolet A (UVA) and about 0.1 % of ultraviolet B (UVB).
    The inventors have thus recognized a need for a low-cost radiation indicating device that is 10 reusable and can be reliably used for a long period of time .
    PURPOSE
    The purpose is to provide a new type of 15 detecting device and its use. Further, the purpose is to provide a method for determining the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation.
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    SUMMARY
    The detecting device according to the present application is characterized by what is presented in claim 1.
    The method according to the present application is characterized by what is presented in 25 claim 16.
    The use according to the present application is characterized by what is presented in claim 18.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
    The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the detecting device and the method and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments and together with the description help to explain the principles of the above. In the drawings:
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    schematically illustrates one embodiment of the detecting device;
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    DETAILED DESCRIPTION
    The present application relates to a detecting device for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in electromagnetic radiation incident on the detecting 15 device, wherein the detecting device comprises:
    a filter element for filtering incident electromagnetic radiation, wherein the filter element is configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the incident 20 electromagnetic radiation;
    - a converging element configured to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation; and
    - a sensor element of material arranged to receive the incident electromagnetic radiation that has passed through the filter element and the converging element for indicating the intensity of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation by change of the color of the sensor element of material, wherein the material is represented by the following formula (I) (M' ) 8 (MM ' ) 6O24 (X, S) 2:M formula (I) wherein
    M' represents a monoatomic cation of an alkali metal selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    M' ' represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of an element selected from Group 13 of the IUPAC 10 periodic table of the elements, or of a transition element selected from any of Groups 3 - 12 of the
    IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    M' ' ' represents a monoatomic cation of an 15 element selected from Group 14 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    X represents an anion of an element selected from Group 16 of the IUPAC periodic table of the 20 elements, or from Group 17 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such anions; and
    M'' ' ' represents a dopant cation of an element selected from rare earth metals of the IUPAC
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 periodic table of the elements, or from transition metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations, or wherein M'''' is absent.
    The present application further relates to a method for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in incident electromagnetic radiation, wherein the method comprises:
    i) filtering off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation;
    ii) converging the incident electromagnetic radiation for increasing the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation;
    iii) exposing a sensor element of material to the incident electromagnetic radiation that has been filtered and converged in step i) and step ii), respectively, wherein the material is represented by the formula (I) as defined in this application;
    iv) determining a change of the color of the sensor element of material; and
    v) comparing the color of the sensor element of material with a reference indicating the correlation of the intensity of the predetermined type of radiation with the color of the sensor element of material.
    The present application further relates to the use of the detecting device as defined in the current application for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in electromagnetic radiation. In one embodiment, the detecting device is used for monitoring the quality and/or lifetime of e.g. an ultraviolet radiation sensitive material. In one embodiment, the detecting device is used for monitoring the intensity of e.g. ultraviolet radiation during light therapy.
    In one embodiment, the predetermined type of radiation is radiation having a wavelength of above 0
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    nmto 590 nm, or above 0nm to560 nm, or above 0nm to500 nm, or above 0 nmto 4 00nm, or above 0 nmto 300nm, or 0.000001 - 590nm, or0.000001 - 560 nm,or300.000001 - 500 nm, or 10- 590 nm, or 10 - 560 nm,or 10- 50 0 nm, or 0.000001- 400nm, or 0.000001 -300 nm,or 0.000001 - 10 nm,or 10- 400 nm, or 10 -300 nm,or 0.01 - 10 nmInone embodiment,the
    predetermined type of radiation is ultraviolet radiation and/or X-radiation.
    In one embodiment, the predetermined type of radiation is ultraviolet radiation. In one embodiment, the predetermined type of radiation is X-radiation. In one embodiment, the predetermined type of radiation is gamma radiation.
    In this specification, unless otherwise stated, the expression incident in relation to the 5 electromagnetic radiation should be understood as the electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the detecting device from the surrounding of the detecting device. The electromagnetic radiation may be e.g. incoming solar radiation.
    10 Inoneembodiment, stepi) and stepii)arecarried outoneafter the otherin any orderorstepi) and stepii)are carried out simultaneously. Inoneembodiment,stepi) and step ii)are carriedoutone
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 after the other in any order or simultaneously before 15 step iii) is carried out. In one embodiment, step i) is carried out before step ii) . In one embodiment, step ii) is carried out before step i). In one embodiment, step i) and step ii) are carried out simultaneously.
    In one embodiment, step iv) comprises visually determining the change of the color of the material.
    The reference may be e.g. a card or the like that indicates the correlation between the intensity 25 of the predetermined type of radiation and the intensity of the color of the sensor element of material.
    In one embodiment, the intensity of the color of the sensor element of material is used to indicate 30 the value of the UV index. In one embodiment, the correlation between the intensity of the color of the sensor element of material and the intensity of the ultraviolet radiation is calculated based on the following formula 1:
    y = Al*e(x/tl) + yO
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 formula 1 wherein the parameters have the following meanings :
    y = color intensity [er cent of black]
    Al = amplitude for color x = UV index value for sunlight or UV lamp power [%] for UVA, UVB, and/or UVC tl = growth constant for color yO = initial offset for color.
    In one embodiment, the filter element and the converging element are arranged one after the other when viewed from the direction of the electromagnetic 15 radiation incident on the detecting device, such that the incident electromagnetic radiation first passes the filter element and then the converging element. In one embodiment, the filter element and the converging element are arranged one after the other when viewed 20 from the direction of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the detecting device, such that the incident electromagnetic radiation first passes the converging element and then the filter element.
    In one embodiment, the filter element and the 25 converging element is the one and the same element. In one embodiment, the filter element and the converging element is one single element. In one embodiment, the filter element and the converging element is the one and the same element configured to filter off 30 electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation and to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation. When the filter 35 element and the converging element is the one and the same element, the incident electromagnetic radiation will simultaneously be subjected to both step i) and step ii).
    In one embodiment, the filter element is made of glass, plastic, glass ceramic, or their combination. In one embodiment, the filter element comprises liquid, gas, or their combination. In one embodiment, the filter element is an electrical element and/or a semi-transparent element.
    In one embodiment, the filter element is configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 400 nm, or above 300 nm, from the incident electromagnetic radiation.
    In one embodiment, the filter element (2) is configured to pass through incident electromagnetic
    radiation witha wavelength of aboves 0nmto 590 nm,or above0nmto 560 nm, or above 0nmto500 nm,orabove 0nmto4 00 nm, or above 0nmto300 nm,or0.000001-590nm, or 0.000001 - 560nm,or0.000001-500 nm,or0.01 - 590 nm, or 0.01 -560nm,or 0.01-500 nm,or0.01 - 400 nm, or 0.01 -- 300 nm, or 10-590 nm,or10- 560 nm, or 10 - 500nm,or0.000001-400 nm,or0.000001 - 300 nm, or 0.000001 -- 10 nm,or
    - 400 nm, or 10 - 300 nm, or 0.01 - 10 nm.
    The use of the filter element in the
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 detecting device has the added utility of enabling the reduction of the amount of visible light and/or nearred infrared radiation that will reach the sensor element of material, whereby the intensity of the color change of the material being exposed to the predetermined type of radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation, present in the incident electromagnetic radiation may be increased. The inventors surprisingly found out that it was possible to increase the intensity of the color change shown by the sensor element of material when being exposed to the predetermined type of radiation, when the incident electromagnetic radiation was filtered in order to block or reduce therefrom the amount of visual light and/or near infrared radiation. The inventors noticed that by the detecting device it was possible to reduce the effect of visible light erasing the color of the 5 sensor element of material such that a more intense color change can be achieved.
    The converging element may be used to increase the intensity of energy or the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation in 10 order to achieve a more intense or strong color changing effect of the sensor element of material. In one embodiment, the converging element is used to increase the photon flux density of the predetermined type of radiation. In one embodiment, the use of the 15 converging element increases the number of photons of the predetermined type of radiation that hit the sensor element of material. Thus, the converging element may be used to converge predetermined type of radiation beam to a smaller area. In one embodiment, 20 the converging element is configured to converge the beam of the incident electromagnetic radiation with a densification factor of 1.00001 - 10000, or 1.0001 20175993 prh 07-11- 2017
    10000,or1.001- 10000, or 1.01 - 10000,or 1.1 -10000,or1.00001- 2500, or 1.0001 - 2500,or 1.001 -2500,or1.01 -2500, or 1.1 - 2500, or1.00001 -1200,or1.0001- 1200, or 1.001 - 1200,or 1.01 -1200,or1.1 - 1200, or 1.00001 - 1000, or 1.0001 -1000,or1.001 -1000, or 1.01 - 1000, or 1.1 - 1000,
    or 1.00001 - 800, or 1.0001 - 800, or 1.001 - 800, or
    1.01 - 800, or 1.1 - 800, or 1.00001 - 550, or 1.0001
    - 550, or 1.001 - 550, or 1.01 - 550, or 1.1 - 550, or
    1.00001 - 500, or 1.0001 - 500, or 1.001 - 500, or
    1.01 - 500, or 1.1 - 500, or 1.00001 - 100, or 1.0001
    - 100, or 1.001 - 100, or 1.01 - 100, or 1.1 - 100. In this specification, unless otherwise stated, the expression densification factor should be understood as the ratio between the size of the beam of the electromagnetic radiation before being transferred through the converging element and the size of the beam of the electromagnetic radiation after being transferred through the converging element. The 5 converging element has the added utility of focusing the incident electromagnetic radiation to a smaller area, whereby the density of photons is increased. The intensity of the color change of the sensor element of material may be further increased when focusing the 10 incident electromagnetic radiation, e.g. the filtered part thereof, with a converging element such that the density of photons is increased. In one embodiment, the converging element is lattice, mirror, an a lens, a mirror, a prism, a diffraction lattice, a semi-transparent electrical filter or any combination thereof .
    In one embodiment, the detecting device is subj ected embodiment, sunlight.
    to the
    In electromagnetic electromagnetic radiation.
    In one incident electromagnetic radiation is embodiment, one the incident radiation originates from a source of artificial radiation or from sunlight.
    In one embodiment, the artificial light, halogen light, radiation is UV light, LEDsimulator light, solar
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 fluorescent light, X-radiation, or any combination thereof .
    In one embodiment, the material of the sensor element is a synthetic material. I.e. in one embodiment, the material is synthetically prepared.
    In one embodiment, the sensor element comprises the material represented by the formula (I). In one embodiment, the sensor element consists of the material represented by the formula (I). In one embodiment, the sensor element is made of the material represented by the formula (I).
    In this specification, unless otherwise stated, the expression monoatomic ion should be
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 understood as an ion consisting of a single atom. If an ion contains more than one atom, even if these atoms are of the same element, it is to be understood as a polyatomic ion. Thus, in this specification, 5 unless otherwise stated, the expression monoatomic cation should be understood as a cation consisting of a single atom.
    Hackmanite, which is a variety of sodalite material, is natural mineral having the chemical 10 formula of NagAlgSigC^ (Cl, S) 2 · A synthetic hackmanite based material enabling the detection of ultraviolet radiation can be prepared. The synthetic material of formula (I), as a result of being subjected to ultraviolet radiation, has the technical effect of 15 showing color intensity, which is proportional with the irradiance of the sensed or detected radiation. The material may thus be used to detect and indicate the amount of e.g. ultraviolet B radiation and ultraviolet C radiation that cause sunburn.
    Ultraviolet light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 nm (30 PHz) to 400 nm (750 THz). The electromagnetic spectrum of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can be subdivided into a number of ranges recommended by the ISO standard ISO-21348, 25 including ultraviolet A (UVA), ultraviolet B (UVB), ultraviolet C (UVC) . The wavelength of UVA is generally considered to be 315 - 400 nm, the wavelength of UVB is generally considered to be 280 320 nm and the wavelength of UVC is generally 30 considered to be 100 - 290 nm.
    In one embodiment, the ultraviolet radiation comprises ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and/or ultraviolet C radiation. In one embodiment, the ultraviolet radiation consists of 35 ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and/or ultraviolet C radiation. In one embodiment, the ultraviolet radiation is ultraviolet A radiation,
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 ultraviolet B radiation and/or ultraviolet C radiation.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Na, Li, K, and Rb, or any combination of such cations. In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of an alkali metal selected from a group consisting of Li, K, and Rb, or any combination of such cations.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of an alkali metal selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations; with the proviso that M' does not represent the monoatomic cation of Na alone.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, and wherein the combination comprises at most 66 mole percent (mol-%) of the monoatomic cation of Na. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, and wherein the combination comprises at most 50 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of Na. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, and
    wherein the combination comprisesatmost40mol-%ofthemonoatomiccationof Na,oratmost30mol-%ofthemonoatomiccationof Na,oratmost20mol-%ofthemonoatomiccationof Na .
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    In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the 5 combination comprises 0-98 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of Na. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the 10 combination comprises 0-98 mol-%, or 0-95 mol-%, or 0 - 90 mol-%, or 0 - 8 5 mol-%, or 0 - 8 0 mol-%, or 0-70 mol-%, of the monoatomic cation of Na. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals 15 selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the combination comprises 0 100 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of K. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals 20 selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the combination comprises 0 100 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of Rb. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals 25 selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the combination comprises 0 100 mol-% of the monoatomic cation of Li.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of 30 different alkali metals selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Rb. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Rb. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of three monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Rb. In one embodiment, M' represents a combination of monoatomic
    Na, K, and Rb.
    In one embodiment,
    M' combination monoatomic of a cation cations of Li, monoatomic cation represents of Na with of Li, a monoatomic cation of and/or a monoatomic cation of
    M' represents a combination of
    Na with a monoatomic cation
    Rb. In one embodiment, a monoatomic cation of of K or a monoatomic cation of combination
    Rb. In one embodiment,
    M' represents of a monoatomic cation of Na with monoatomic cation of K and a monoatomic cation of Rb.
    In one embodiment,
    M' represents combination monoatomic of a cation monoatomic cation of Na and of
    K; or a combination of monoatomic cation of Na and a monoatomic cation of Rb;
    or a combination of a monoatomic cation of monoatomic cation of K
    Rb; or a combination monoatomic cation of Na, a monoatomic cation of and a of a
    K, and a monoatomic cation of Rb; or a combination of monoatomic cation of K and a monoatomic cation of Rb.
    In one embodiment,
    M' repres combination monoatomic of a cation monoatomic of Na; or cation a combination monoatomic cation of Li and a monoatomic cation or a combination of a monoatomic cation of Li monoatomic cation of Rb; or a combination monoatomic cation of
    Li, a monoatomic cation of
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 a monoatomic cation monoatomic cation of monoatomic cation of of
    Li,
    Rb; or a combination a monoatomic cation of of Li
    tsaandaofaofK;andaofaK, andofaNa,a
    K and a monoatomic cation of Rb.
    In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of Li. In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of K. In one embodiment, M' represents a monoatomic cation of Rb.
    The combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements has the
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 effect of enabling the preparation of a material that is sensitive to ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and/or ultraviolet C radiation. The combination has the effect of enabling the preparation 5 of a material being able to indicate the presence of at least one of ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and ultraviolet C radiation, or the presence of all of ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and ultraviolet C radiation.
    In one embodiment, M'' represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of a metal selected from a group consisting of Al and Ga, or a combination of such cations .
    In one embodiment, M'' represents a trivalent 15 monoatomic cation of B.
    In one embodiment, M''' represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Si and Ge, or a combination of such cations .
    In one embodiment, X represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, or any combination of such anions.
    In one embodiment, X represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of O, S, 25 Se, and Te, or any combination of such anions.
    In one embodiment, the material is represented by formula (I), wherein M'''' is absent. In this embodiment the material is not doped.
    In one embodiment, the material is doped with at least one rare earth metal ion and/or at least one transition metal ion. In one embodiment, the material is doped with at least one rare earth metal ion and at least one transition metal ion. In one embodiment, the material is doped with at least one rare earth metal 35 ion or at least one transition metal ion.
    In one embodiment, the material is represented by formula (I), wherein M'''' represents a cation of an element selected from rare earth metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or from transition metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations.
    In one embodiment, M'''' represents a cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Eu and Tb, or a combination of such cations. In one embodiment, M'''' represents a cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe,
    10Co, Ni, Cu, andZn, oranycombination of such cations . Inoneembodiment,M' representsa combinationof atleasttwomonoatomic cationsof differentalkalimetalsseiected from a group15consistingof Li,Na, K,andRb, and whereinthe combinationis selectedinorder to providea
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 predetermined absorption edge for the material. In this specification, unless otherwise stated, the expression absorption edge should be understood as 20 the energy threshold over which energy the material will change color.
    In one embodiment, the material may change color on exposure to ultraviolet radiation, wherein the correlation between the intensity of the color of 25 the material and the intensity of the ultraviolet radiation is calculated based on the following formula 1:
    y = Al*e(x/tl) + yO formula 1 wherein the parameters have the following meanings :
    y = color intensity [er cent of black]
    Al = amplitude for color x = UV index value for sunlight or UV lamp power [%] for UVA, UVB, and/or UVC tl = growth constant for color yO = initial offset for color.
    Based on the above formula 1, the radiation intensity can be calculated from the color intensity as follows:
    x = tl*[ln(y - yO) - InAl].
    In one embodiment, for solar UVI detection, Al = -1 to -15, tl = -30 to -5, and yO = 5 to 20.
    In one embodiment, for UVA detection, Al = 1.5 to -0.1, tl = -30 to -10, and yO = 9.5 to 10.5.
    In one embodiment, for UVB detection, Al = 3.0 to -1.8, tl = -450 to -20, and yO = 11 to 13.
    In one embodiment, for UVC detection, Al = 3.0 to -1.8, tl = -200 to -15, and yO = 12 to 13.
    The change in the combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements enables to prepare a material that can be adjusted to detect ultraviolet A radiation,
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 ultraviolet B radiation radiation.
    In one embodiment, from a group consisting (Na,Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl,S)2, (Na,K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2:Eu, (Li,K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, (Li,K,Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, Na,K,Rb) 8A16Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2.
    and/or ultraviolet C the material is selected of (Na,K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, (Na,K,Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, (Na,K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl,S)2:Tb, (Li,Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, and (Li,
    In one embodiment, the material is (Na, K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Clo.8So.o5) 2 · Said material may be used for sensing ultraviolet radiation.
    Inoneembodiment, thematerialis(Na,K) 8Al6Si6Ο24 ( F0.7S0,.1)2· Said material may be usedforsensing X-radiation. Inoneembodiment, thematerialis5 synthesizedby a reaction according toNorrbo etal.
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 (Norrbo, I.; Gluchowski, P.; Paturi, P.; Sinkkonen, J.; Lastusaari, M., Persistent Luminescence of Tenebrescent Na8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 : Multifunctional
    Optical Markers. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 7717-7724), which reference is based on Armstrong & Weller (Armstrong, J.A.; Weller, J.A. Structural Observation of Photochromism. Chem. Commun. 2006, 1094-1096) using stoichiometric amounts of Zeolite A and Na2SO4 as well as LiCl, NaCl, KC1 and/or RbCl as the starting 15 materials. The possibly used at least one dopant is added as an oxide, such as EU2O3 or Tb4O7. The material can be prepared as follows: Zeolite A is first dried at 500 °C for 1 h. The initial mixture is then heated at 850 °C in air for 48 h. The product is then freely 20 cooled down to room temperature and ground. Finally, the product is re-heated at 850 °C for 2 h under a flowing 12 % H2 + 88 % N2 atmosphere. The as-prepared materials are washed with water to remove any excess LiCl/NaCl/KCl/RbCl impurities. The purity can be 25 verified with an X-ray powder diffraction measurement.
    In one embodiment, the detecting device is an ultraviolet radiation sensor, an ultraviolet radiation detector, or an ultraviolet radiation indicator. In one embodiment, the detecting device is an X-radiation 30 sensor, an X-radiation detector, or an X-radiation indicator. In one embodiment, the detecting device is a gamma radiation sensor, a gamma radiation detector, or a gamma radiation indicator.
    The detector device can be applied e.g. on the outside of a window to alert the residents before going out about the ultraviolet radiation intensity.
    The detecting device may also be part of e.g. a
    plasticbottle,asticker, a glass,anda similarproductthatistobe provided witha UVindicator .This offerstheproducts themselvesa UVindicator .
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    The detecting device may also be conceived as jewelry.
    The detecting device may also be part of a display portion of a meter, which is calibrated according to the shade. In one embodiment, the detecting device is a security device or a part thereof. In one embodiment, the security device is selected from a 10 group consisting of a thread, a foil and a hologram.
    In one embodiment, the security device is used on a banknote, a passport or an identity card.
    In one embodiment, the detecting device is used for indicating the intensity of ultraviolet radiation. In 15 one embodiment, the ultraviolet radiation is ultraviolet A radiation, ultraviolet B radiation and/or ultraviolet C radiation. In one embodiment, the detecting device is used for indicating the intensity of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 0.01 20 - 400 nm, or of 10 - 400 nm, or of 0.01 - 10 nm. In one embodiment, the detecting device is used for indicating the intensity of X-radiation. X-radiation is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 0.01 nm to 10 nm.
    It will be understood that the benefits and advantages described above may relate to one embodiment or may relate to several embodiments. The embodiments are not limited to those that solve any or all of the stated problems or those that have any or 30 all of the stated benefits and advantages.
    The embodiments described hereinbefore may be used in any combination with each other. Several of the embodiments may be combined together to form a further embodiment. A detecting device, a use, or a 35 method, to which the application is related, may comprise at least one of the embodiments described hereinbefore .
    The detecting device has the added utility of enabling efficient estimation of the intensity of ultraviolet radiation present in e.g. sunlight. The detecting device has the added utility of enabling a 5 fast and a reliable manner to estimate the need to cover form sunlight or to estimate the need to e.g. reapply sunscreen lotion when spending time outside in sunshine .
    The material of the sensor element has the added utility of being a low-cost material offering stability even in high UV levels as well as decoloration with white light and/or under heating. The material has the added utility that its color can be returned to colorless (white), i.e. decolored, with visible reused.
    light or heating thus enabling it to
    The material has the added utility that be it follows well the erythemal action spectrum making it possible to monitor especially UVB and UVC that cause sunburn.
    The material has the added sunlight the color intensity can be utility that with used to indicate the value of the UV index.
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    EXAMPLES
    Reference will now be made in detail to the 25 described embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
    The description below discloses some embodiments in such a detail that a person skilled in the art is able to utilize the detecting device and 30 the method based on the disclosure. Not all steps of the embodiments are discussed in detail, as many of the steps will be obvious for the person skilled in the art based on this specification.
    For reasons of simplicity, item numbers will 35 be maintained in the following exemplary embodiments in the case of repeating components.
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    Fig. 1 illustrates schematically one embodiment of the detecting device for indicating the intensity of the predetermined type of radiation present in electromagnetic radiation incident on the 5 detecting device. The bolded arrows in Fig. 1 are to indicate the incoming electromagnetic radiation incident on the device and the manner the electromagnetic radiation propagates through the filter element and the converging element to the 10 sensor element of material. The detecting device 1 as illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a filter element 2 for filtering incident electromagnetic radiation. The filter element 2 is configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 15 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation.
    Further, the detecting device 1 comprises a converging element 3 configured to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation. Also, the 20 detecting device as illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a sensor element of material 4, which is arranged to receive the incident electromagnetic radiation that has passed through the filter element and the converging element for indicating the intensity of the 25 predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation by change of the color of the sensor element of material. The material is represented by formula (I) as defined in the current application.
    In Fig. 1 the filter element and the converging element are arranged such that incident electromagnetic radiation may first pass the filter element and thereafter the converging element. The order may also be vice versa, i.e. these elements may 35 equally well be arranged such that incident electromagnetic radiation may first pass the converging element and only thereafter the filter
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 element. In one embodiment, the filter element and the converging element may be the one and the same element, i.e. one single element configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 5 above 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation and to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation.
    In the below examples, it is presented how 10 the material of formula (I) may be prepared.
    EXAMPLE 1 - Preparing (Na, K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2
    The material represented by the formula 15 (Na, K) 8A16Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 was prepared in the following manner: 0.7000 g of dried (500 °C for 1 h) Zeolite A, 0.0600 g of Na2SO4 and 0.3067 g of KC1 powders were mixed together. The mixture was heated at 850 °C in air for 48 h. The product was freely cooled down to 20 room temperature and ground. Finally, the product was re-heated at 850 °C for 2 h under a flowing 12 % H2 + 88 % N2 atmosphere.
    EXAMPLE 2 - Preparing (Na, Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2
    The material represented by the formula (Na, Rb) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 was prepared in the following manner: 0.7000 g of dried (500 °C for 1 h) Zeolite A, 0.0600 g of Na2SO4 and 0.4957 g of RbCl 30 powders were mixed together. The mixture was heated at 850 °C in air for 48 h. The product was freely cooled down to room temperature and ground. Finally, the product was re-heated at 850 °C for 2 h under a flowing 12 % H2 + 88 % N2 atmosphere.
    EXAMPLE 3 - Preparing (Na, K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 (denoted hereafter as Na,K Composition 2)
    The material represented by the formula (Na, K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 was prepared in the following manner: 0.7000 g of dried (500 °C for 1 h) Zeolite A,
    0.0600 g of Na2SO4 and 0.1800 g of NaCl and 0.0675 g KC1 powders were mixed together. The mixture was heated at 850 °C in air for 48 h. The product was freely cooled down to room temperature and ground. Finally, the product was re-heated at 850 °C for 2 h 10 under a flowing 12 % H2 + 88 % N2 atmosphere.
    EXAMPLE 4 - Preparing (Na, K) 8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2 : Eu
    The material represented by the formula 15 (NaK) 8Al8SigO24 (Cl, S) 2: Eu was prepared in the following manner: 0.7000 g of dried (500 °C for 1 h) Zeolite A, 0.0600 g of Na2SO4 and 0.1800 g of NaCl and 0.0675 g of KC1 powders were mixed together with 0.002 g of EU2O3 powder. The mixture was heated at 850 °C in air for 48 20 h. The product was freely cooled down to room temperature and ground. Finally, the product was reheated at 850 °C for 2 h under a flowing 12 % H2 + 88 % N2 atmosphere.
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    5 Example 5 - Testing of a sample of the material prepared in example 1
    A sample of the material prepared in example was tested by subjecting it to radiation from a 30 solar simulator lamp for 10 s at UVI 6. The radiation from the lamp was filtered with a visible light blocking filter blocking all light above 400 nm and converged with a lens. The size of the focal spot was varied and the corresponding color intensity was 35 recorded using a cell phone camera. The color intensity was determined by calculating the Red-GreenBlue (RGB) ratio of a non-exposed white material and
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 the colored material. The results are presented in Fig. 2. The results indicate that increasing the densification factor increases the color intensity until the beam size gets too small.
    Example 6 - Testing of a sample of the material prepared in example 1
    A sample of the material prepared in example
    1 was tested by firstly subjecting it to 10 s of 302 nm radiation and then to 10 s of solar simulator lamp at UVI 6. The light from the solar simulator was converged with a lens at densification factor 235 and directed through a filter to the material. A reference material was subjected only to 10 s of 302 nm radiation. The color intensity was recorded using a cell phone camera, and the RGB ratio between the reference subjected only to 302 nm and the sample subjected to 302 nm and filtered solar simulator lamp was calculated for each filter. The results are presented in Fig. 3. The results show that the higher is the amount of visible light reaching the material the less intense is the color.
    5 Example 7 - Testing of a sample of the material prepared in example 1
    A sample of the material prepared in example was tested by irradiating the material for 10 s at different ultraviolet index (UVI) values 1) without using a filter element or a converging element, 2) with using a filter element blocking all radiation above 400 nm, and 3) with using a filter element blocking all radiation above 400 nm and a lens with densification factor of 22 as a converging element.
    The color intensity was recorded using a cell phone camera. The color intensity was determined by calculating the RGB ratio of a non-exposed white material and the colored material. The results are presented in Fig. 4.
    It is to be noted that the embodiments of the claims are not limited to those discussed above, but further embodiments may exist within the scope of the claims .
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    Claims (19)
    [1] 1. A detecting device (1) for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in electromagnetic radiation incident on the detecting 5 device, wherein the detecting device comprises:
    a filter element (2) for filtering the incident electromagnetic radiation, wherein the filter element is configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the 10 incident electromagnetic radiation;
    a converging element (3) configured to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation; and
    15 - a sensor element of material (4) arranged to receive the incident electromagnetic radiation that has passed through the filter element and the converging element for indicating the intensity of the predetermined type of radiation present in the
    20 incident electromagnetic radiation by change of the color of the sensor element of material, wherein the material is represented by the following formula (I) (M' ) 8 (MM ' ) 6O24 (X, S) 2:M formula (I) wherein
    M' represents a monoatomic cation of an 30 alkali metal selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    M' ' represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of an element selected from Group 13 of the IUPAC 35 periodic table of the elements, or of a transition element selected from any of Groups 3 - 12 of the
    IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    M' ' ' represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from Group 14 of the IUPAC periodic 5 table of the elements, or any combination of such cations;
    X represents an anion of an element selected from Group 16 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or from Group 17 of the IUPAC periodic table 10 of the elements, or any combination of such anions; and
    M'' ' ' represents a dopant cation of an element selected from rare earth metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or from transition 15 metals of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, or any combination of such cations, or wherein M'''' is absent.
    [2] 2. The detecting device of claim 1, wherein the filter element (2) is configured to filter off
    20 electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 400 nm, or above 300 nm, from the incident electromagnetic radiation.
    [3] 3. The detecting device of any one of claims 1-2, wherein the filter element (2) is configured to
    25 pass through incident electromagnetic radiation with a
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    wavelength of above 0 nm to 590 nm, or above 0 nm to 560 nm, or above 0 nm to 500 nm, or above 0 nm to 4 0 0 nm, or above 0 nm to 300 nm, or 0.000001 - 590 nm, or 0.000001 - 560 nm, or 0. 000001 - 50 0 nm, 0.00 0001 -
    30 400 nm, or 0.000001 - 300 nm, or 0.000001 - 10 nm,
    0.01 - 590 nm, or 0.01 - 560 nm, or 0.01 - 500 nm, or
    10 - 590 nm, or 10 - 560 nm, or 10 - 500 nm, or 0.01 400 nm, or 0.01 - 300 nm, or 10 - 400 nm, or 10 - 300 nm, or 0.01 - 10 nm.
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    [4] 4. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-3, wherein the filter element (2) and the converging element (3) is the one and the same element
    20175993 prh 07-11- 2017 configured to filter off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation and to increase the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation 5 present in the incident electromagnetic radiation.
    [5] 5. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-4, wherein the incident electromagnetic radiation originates from a source of artificial radiation or from sunlight.
    10
    [6] 6. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-5, wherein M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements.
    15
    [7] 7. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-6, wherein M' represents a combination of at least two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from Group 1 of the IUPAC periodic table of the elements, wherein the combination comprises 0-98
    2 0 mol-%, or 0 - 95 mol-%, or 0 - 90 mol-%, or 0 - 8 5 mol-%, or 0 - 80 mol-%, or 0 - 70 mol-%, of the monoatomic cation of Na.
    [8] 8. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-7, wherein M' represents a combination of at least 25 two monoatomic cations of different alkali metals selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and Rb.
    [9] 9. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1-8, wherein M' ' represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of a metal selected from a group consisting of 30 Al and Ga, or a combination of such cations.
    [10] 10. The detecting device of any one of claims 1-8, wherein M' ' represents a trivalent monoatomic cation of B.
    [11] 11. The detecting device of any one of claims
    35 1 - 10, wherein M''' represents a monoatomic cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Si and Ge, or a combination of such cations.
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    [12] 12. The detecting device of any one of claims 1 - 11, wherein X represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of O, S, Se, and Te, or any combination of such anions.
    5
    [13] 13. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1 - 11, wherein X represents an anion of an element selected from a group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, or any combination of such anions.
    [14] 14. The detecting device of any one of claims
    10 1 - 13, wherein M'''' represents a cation of an element selected from a group consisting of Eu and Tb, or a combination of such cations.
    [15] 15. The detecting device of any one of claims
    1 - 13, wherein M'''' represents a cation of an
    15 element selected from a group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, or any combination of such cations .
    [16] 16. A method for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in incident
    20 electromagnetic radiation, wherein the method comprises :
    i) filtering off electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of above 590 nm from the incident electromagnetic radiation;
    25 ii) converging the incident electromagnetic radiation for increasing the density of photons of the predetermined type of radiation present in the incident electromagnetic radiation;
    iii) exposing a sensor element of material to 30 the incident electromagnetic radiation that has been filtered and converged in step i) and step ii), respectively, wherein the material is represented by the formula (I) as defined in any one of claims 1 15;
    35 iv) determining a change of the color of the sensor element of material as a result of being exposed to incident electromagnetic radiation in step i i i); and
    v) comparing the color of the sensor element of material with a reference indicating the 5 correlation of the intensity of the predetermined type of radiation with the color of the sensor element of material.
    [17] 17. The method of claim 16, wherein step i) and step ii) are carried out one after the other in
    10 any order or wherein step i) and step ii) are carried out simultaneously.
    [18] 18. Use of the detecting device as defined in any one of claims 1-15 for indicating the intensity of a predetermined type of radiation present in
    15 electromagnetic radiation.
    [19] 19. The use of claim 18, wherein the detecting device is subjected to electromagnetic radiation.
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