Acoustic Microscopy

Zusatztext A masterly volume that will not easily be surpassed. Informationen zum Autor Professor Andrew BriggsProfessor of NanomaterialsDepartment of MaterialsUniversity of OxfordDr Oleg KolosovDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of Lancaster Klappentext For many years Acoustic Microscopy has been the definitive book on the subject. A key development since it was first published has been the development of ultrasonic force microscopy. The 2nd edition has a major new chapter on this technique and its applications. Zusammenfassung Acoustic microscopy enables the elastic properties of materials to be imaged and measured with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencies in the 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 second edition of Acoustic Microscopy has a major new chapter on the technique and applications of acoustically excited probe microscopy.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Briggs, Andrew/ Kolosov Briggs, G. A. D. Briggs, O. V. Kolosov, Oleg Kolosov, Kolosov Oleg
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780199232734
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923273-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics and; Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics and
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Microscopy, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, SCIENCE / Waves & Wave Mechanics, SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy, chemistry, Physics, Wave mechanics (vibration & acoustics), Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics)