Acoustic Microscopy (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials) - Hardcover

Briggs, Andrew; Kolosov, Oleg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199232733 ISBN 13: 9780199232734

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Acoustic microscopy enables you to image and measure the elastic properties of materials with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencies in microwave regime, it is possible to make the acoustic wavelength comparable with the wavelength of light, and hence to achieve a resolution comparable with an optical microscope. Solids can support both longitudinal and transverse acoustic waves. At surfaces a unique combination of the two known as Raleigh waves can propagate, and in many circumstances these dominate the contrast in acoustic microscopy. Following the invention of scanning probe microscopes, it is now possible to use an atomic force microscope to detect the acoustic vibration of a surface with resolution in the nanometre range, thus beating the diffraction limit by operating in the extreme near-field. This 2nd edition of Acoustic Microscopy has a major new chapter on the technique and applications of acoustically excited probe microscopy.

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About the Author

Professor Andrew Briggs
Professor of Nanomaterials
Department of Materials
University of Oxford
Dr Oleg Kolosov
Department of Physics
University of Lancaster

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199232733
• ISBN 13: 9780199232734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 380