A thermophone on porous polymeric substrate
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7-9-2012Citation
G. Chitnis, A. Kim, S. H. Song, A. M. Jessop, J. S. Bolton and B. Ziaie. Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 021911 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4737005
Abstract
In this Letter, we present a simple, low-temperature method for fabricating a wide-band (>80 kHz) thermo-acoustic sound generator on a porous polymeric substrate. We were able to achieve up to 80 dB of sound pressure level with an input power of 0.511 W. No significant surface temperature increase was observed in the device even at an input power level of 2.5 W. Wide-band ultrasonic performance, simplicity of structure, and scalability of the fabrication process make this device suitable for many ranging and imaging applications. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4737005]
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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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