scholarly journals Ultrasonic and Spectroscopic Techniques for the Measurement of the Elastic Properties of Nanoscale Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco G. Beghi

Materials at the nanoscale often have properties which differ from those they have in the bulk form. These properties significantly depend on the production process, and their measurement is not trivial. The elastic properties characterize the ability of materials to deform in a reversible way; they are of interest by themselves, and as indicators of the type of nanostructure. As for larger scale samples, the measurement of the elastic properties is more straightforward, and generally more precise, when it is performed by a deformation process which involves exclusively reversible strains. Vibrational and ultrasonic processes fulfill this requirement. Several measurement techniques have been developed, based on these processes. Some of them are suitable for an extension towards nanometric scales. Until truly supramolecular scales are reached, the elastic continuum paradigm remains appropriate for the description and the analysis of ultrasonic regimes. Some techniques are based on the oscillations of purpose-built testing structures, mechanically actuated. Other techniques are based on optical excitation and/or detection of ultrasonic waves, and operate either in the time domain or in the frequency domain. A comparative overview is given of these various techniques.

2019 ◽  
pp. 303-365
Author(s):  
Richard Freeman ◽  
James King ◽  
Gregory Lafyatis

The interaction of electromagnetic radiation and matter is examined, specifically electric and magnetic fields in materials with real and imaginary responses: under certain conditions the fields move through the material as a wave and under others they diffuse. The movement of a pulse of radiation in dispersive materials is described in which there are two wave velocities: group versus phase. The reflection of light from a sharp interface is analyzed and the Fresnel reflection/transmission equations derived. The response of materials to applied electric and magnetic fields in the time domain are correlated to their frequency response of the material’s polarization. The generalized Kramers–Kronig equations are derived and their applicability as a fundamental relationship between the real and imaginary parts of any material’s polarizability is discussed in detail. Finally, practical measurement techniques for extracting the real and imaginary components of a material’s index of refraction are introduced.


2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 143-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN VANHILLE ◽  
CLEOFÉ CAMPOS-POZUELO

Applications of high-amplitude acoustic or ultrasonic waves in industrial processing require a good knowledge of the nonlinear pressure field, as well as the heat produced by the wave. In this article a new time-domain algorithm solving a second-order nonlinear wave equation written in Lagrangian coordinates and valid for any fluid is presented. The new model is compared with two others which were previously developed, corresponding to the two other possible physical approaches. This paper discusses the limits of application of every approach and the suitability of every one to model nonlinear acoustic waves in resonators. Conclusions about the applicability of the physical models are given. The time-domain character of the models allows the development of a new algorithm to calculate the temperature evolution inside a resonator due to acoustic losses. This algorithm is presented here and applied to strongly nonlinear waves for which the nonlinear attenuation is dominant. Several kinds of time functions for excitation can be considered in the models. The strongly nonlinear resonator response to a short pulsed signal is analyzed to show the efficiency of the time-domain numerical model.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noureddine Aouzale ◽  
Ahmed Chitnalah ◽  
Hicham Jakjoud

Nonlinearity is one of the phenomena that affect the ultrasonic wave during its propagation in a given medium. In the time domain the nonlinearity is seen as a variation of the phase velocity which leads to a distortion of the waveform. This corresponds in the frequency domain to energy transfer from the fundamental frequency to the harmonic and among the harmonic themselves. Our purpose in this paper is to introduce a SPICE implementation of the computational model of the nonlinear ultrasound propagation. We first study the plane wave distortion based on the Burgers’ equation. Our SPICE model allowed studying the temporal profile of the ultrasonic wave during its propagation. The simulation results are compared to the analytical solution of the Burgers’ equation showing the validity of the model. An experimental device based on ultrasonic transmission mode is used to carry out measurements and the comparison with the simulation results shows a good agreement.


1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-620
Author(s):  
G. W. Series
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2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
E. V. KARSHAKOV ◽  
J. MOILANEN

Тhe advantage of combine processing of frequency domain and time domain data provided by the EQUATOR system is discussed. The heliborne complex has a towed transmitter, and, raised above it on the same cable a towed receiver. The excitation signal contains both pulsed and harmonic components. In fact, there are two independent transmitters operate in the system: one of them is a normal pulsed domain transmitter, with a half-sinusoidal pulse and a small "cut" on the falling edge, and the other one is a classical frequency domain transmitter at several specially selected frequencies. The received signal is first processed to a direct Fourier transform with high Q-factor detection at all significant frequencies. After that, in the spectral region, operations of converting the spectra of two sounding signals to a single spectrum of an ideal transmitter are performed. Than we do an inverse Fourier transform and return to the time domain. The detection of spectral components is done at a frequency band of several Hz, the receiver has the ability to perfectly suppress all sorts of extra-band noise. The detection bandwidth is several dozen times less the frequency interval between the harmonics, it turns out thatto achieve the same measurement quality of ground response without using out-of-band suppression you need several dozen times higher moment of airborne transmitting system. The data obtained from the model of a homogeneous half-space, a two-layered model, and a model of a horizontally layered medium is considered. A time-domain data makes it easier to detect a conductor in a relative insulator at greater depths. The data in the frequency domain gives more detailed information about subsurface. These conclusions are illustrated by the example of processing the survey data of the Republic of Rwanda in 2017. The simultaneous inversion of data in frequency domain and time domain can significantly improve the quality of interpretation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A112 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Giuliano ◽  
A. A. Gavdush ◽  
B. Müller ◽  
K. I. Zaytsev ◽  
T. Grassi ◽  
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Context. Reliable, directly measured optical properties of astrophysical ice analogues in the infrared and terahertz (THz) range are missing from the literature. These parameters are of great importance to model the dust continuum radiative transfer in dense and cold regions, where thick ice mantles are present, and are necessary for the interpretation of future observations planned in the far-infrared region. Aims. Coherent THz radiation allows for direct measurement of the complex dielectric function (refractive index) of astrophysically relevant ice species in the THz range. Methods. We recorded the time-domain waveforms and the frequency-domain spectra of reference samples of CO ice, deposited at a temperature of 28.5 K and annealed to 33 K at different thicknesses. We developed a new algorithm to reconstruct the real and imaginary parts of the refractive index from the time-domain THz data. Results. The complex refractive index in the wavelength range 1 mm–150 μm (0.3–2.0 THz) was determined for the studied ice samples, and this index was compared with available data found in the literature. Conclusions. The developed algorithm of reconstructing the real and imaginary parts of the refractive index from the time-domain THz data enables us, for the first time, to determine the optical properties of astrophysical ice analogues without using the Kramers–Kronig relations. The obtained data provide a benchmark to interpret the observational data from current ground-based facilities as well as future space telescope missions, and we used these data to estimate the opacities of the dust grains in presence of CO ice mantles.


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 577-580
Author(s):  
N. H. Adamyan ◽  
H. H. Adamyan ◽  
G. Yu. Kryuchkyan

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