High Frequency Acoustics in Colloid-Based Meso- and Nanostructures by Spontaneous Brillouin Light Scattering

• Main Author: Still, Tim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Acoustics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Polymer Sciences.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

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 stru...

Table of Contents:

• Basics and Brillouin Light Scattering
• Methods
• The Vibrations of Individual Colloids
• Phononic Behavior of Colloidal Systems
• Smaller than Colloids: Characterization of Stable Organic Glass
• Concluding Remarks
• Appendix: Scattering Geometry.