Innovative Acoustic Technique for Studying New Materials and New Developments in Solid State Physics

Abstract

The goals of this project involve the use of innovative acoustic techniques to study new materials and new developments in solid state physics, such as effects in mesoscopic electronic systems. Major accomplishments include (a) the preparation and publication of a number of major papers and chapters in books,(b) the comparison of the anisotropy of an aluminum alloy quasicrystal with that of its cubic approximant, (c) the measurement of the elastic constants of a diamond substitute material, TiB2, (d) the measurement of an extremely low (possible the lowest) infrared optical-absorption coefficient, (e) the measurement of the effects of disorder on the propagation of a nonlinear pulse, and (f) the acquisition of initial data in an experiment on the onset of fracture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270540

Entities

People

  • Julian D. Maynard

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Acoustics
  • Acquisition
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Anisotropy
  • Coefficients
  • Crystals
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Optical Absorption
  • Physics
  • Quasicrystals
  • Solid State Physics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics