Acoustic Microscopy - Couverture rigide

Briggs, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198513771 ISBN 13 : 9780198513773

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

Acoustic microscopy offers the possibility of examining the elastic properties of a specimen with spatial resolution comparable with that obtained using a conventional light microscope. This book provides an account of the techniques both for those who are new to the field and for those who are using it and wish to understand their results better in order to undertake more advanced work. Examples of its applications include studies of glass-ceramic matrix composites, geological specimens of granodiorite rock, and the matrix secreted from human bone-derived cells - examples which serve to illustrate applications in which the ability to image mechanical properties directly is of interest. The factors governing the design and operation of an acoustic microscope are described, and an account of theory is given with the specific aim of guiding contrast interpretations and explaining the various methods of quantitative measurement available. Details are provided of the wide range of applications of acoustic microscopy that have been developed in biology and materials.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

Review from previous edition Acoustic microscopy had already helped to solve many problems in materials science. A textbook giving a full treatment of acoustic microscopy was therefore bound to be very welcome. Here it is! (Ultrasonics)

Such an elegant technique, so widely applicable, is bound to attract increasing numbers of enthusiasts. They can do no better than turn to this excellent book and learn not only the tools of their specialism but also a great deal of physics admirably expounded and faultlessly illustrated. [...] This is a great book. (Contemporary Physics)

A masterly volume that will not easily be surpassed. (Proceedings RMS)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198513771
• ISBN 13: 9780198513773
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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