High Frequency Acoustics in Colloid-Based Meso- and Nanostructures by Spontaneous Brillouin Light Scattering (Springer Theses)

Still, Tim

ISBN 10: 3642264212 / ISBN 13: 9783642264214

Published by Springer, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: High Frequency Acoustics in Colloid-Based Meso- and Nanostructures by Spontaneous Brillouin Light Scattering (Springer Theses)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642264212
• ISBN 13: 9783642264214
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book deals with the exploration of phononic properties of

meso- and nanostructured colloid-based composite materials at hypersonic (GHz) frequencies. It contains new research results in the emerging field of phononics.

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The present thesis deals with the exploration of phononic properties of meso- and nanostructured colloid-based composite materials at hypersonic (GHz) frequencies. The emerging field of phononics, the mechanical analogue of photonics, treats the propagation and manipulation of acoustic waves in structured materials. Due to their widely tunable properties (size, density, etc.) and their ability to self-assembly, polymer colloids are ideal systems to realize hypersonic phononics, which are investigated by Brillouin light scattering herein. Therefore, both the mechanical and physical properties of the individual colloidal particles, which manifest in their resonance vibrations (eigenmodes), as well as the acoustic propagation in colloidal structures have been investigated.