Thermoacoustic and photoacoustic characterizations of few-layer graphene by pulsed excitations
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Univ Arizona, Dept Elect & Comp EngnUniv Arizona, Dept Med Imaging
Issue Date
2016-04-04
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Thermoacoustic and photoacoustic characterizations of few-layer graphene by pulsed excitations 2016, 108 (14):143104 Applied Physics LettersJournal
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
We characterized the thermoacoustic and photoacoustic properties of large-area, few-layer graphene by pulsed microwave and optical excitations. Due to its high electric conductivity and low heat capacity per unit area, graphene lends itself to excellent microwave and optical energy absorption and acoustic signal emanation due to the thermoacoustic effect. When exposed to pulsed microwave or optical radiation, distinct thermoacoustic and photoacoustic signals generated by the few-layer graphene are obtained due to microwave and laser absorption of the graphene, respectively. Clear thermoacoustic and photoacoustic images of large-area graphene sample are achieved. A numerical model is developed and the simulated results are in good accordance with the measured ones. This characterization work may find applications in ultrasound generator and detectors for microwave and optical radiation. It may also become an alternative characterization approach for graphene and other types of two-dimensional materials. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.Note
Published online 6 April 2016. 12 month embargo.ISSN
0003-69511077-3118
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Final published versionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1063/1.4945661