Acoustic Microscopy Fundamentals and Applications

by Maev, Roman Gr.

• ISBN13: 9783527407446
• ISBN10: 3527407448
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-02
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

The only updated resource on acoustic microscopy covers its use in a range of applications spanning the fields of physics, materials science, electrical engineering, medicine, and research and industry.Acoustic Microscopy offers detailed coverage of: acoustic field structure output signal formation in transmission raster acoustic microscopes non-linear acoustic effects visco-elastic properties and microstructure of model systems and composites polymer composite materials microstructure and physical-mechanical properties of biological tissues and more Acoustic Microscopy is an essential reference for materials scientists, electrical engineers, radiologists, laboratory medics, test engineers, physicists, and graduate students.

Author Biography

Roman Gr. Maev received his Ph.D. from the Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1973 and his D.Sc. in acoustic microscopy from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, in 2002. From 1994 to 1997, he held a post as Director of the Acoustic Microscopy Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, then established the Centre for Imaging Research and Advanced Material Characterization at the University of Windsor, Canada. He is currently a Full Faculty Professor at the Physics Department at the same University and since 2001 the Chairholder of the NSERC/DaimlerChrysler/Industrial Research Chair in Applied Solid State Physics and Material Characterization. Professor Maev's research interests focus on the fundamentals of condensed matter, physical acoustics, ultrasonic imaging, and acoustic microscopy. He has published numerous books, more than 300 scientific papers, and holds twenty patents.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. XI
Preface	p. XV
Introductory Comments	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
Scanning Acoustic Microscopy. Physical Principles and Methods. Current Development	p. 9
Basics of Acoustic Wave Propagation in Condensed Media	p. 9
Physical Principles of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy	p. 13
Acoustic Imaging Principles and Quantitative Methods of Acoustic Microscopy	p. 15
Methodological Limitations of Acoustic Microscopy	p. 18
Acoustic Field Structure in a Lens System of a Scanning Acoustic Microscope	p. 21
Calculation of the Focal Area Structure with Due Regard for Aberrations and Absorption in a Medium	p. 21
The Field of a Spherical Focusing Transducer with an Arbitrary Aperture Angle	p. 24
Analysis of Acoustic Field Spatial Structure with a Spherical Acoustic Transducer	p. 29
Experimental Study of the Focal Area Structure of a Transmission Acoustic Microscope	p. 37
Formation of a Focused Beam of Bulk Acoustic Waves by a Planar System of Transducers	p. 39
About the Possibility of Using Scholte-Stoneley Waves for Surface Waves' Acoustic Microscopy	p. 46
Output Signal Formation in a Transmission Raster Acoustic Microscope	p. 53
Outline of the Problem	p. 53
Transmission Acoustic Microscope: Formation of the Output Signal as a Function of Local Properties of Flat Objects. General Concepts	p. 54
General Representation of the Output Signal of the Transmission Acoustic Microscope	p. 56
Formation of the A(z) Dependence for Objects with a Small Shear Modulus	p. 58
Quantitative Acoustic Microscopy Based on Lateral Mechanical Scanning	p. 65
Methods of Quantitative Ultrasonic Microscopy with Mechanical Scanning: Review	p. 65
Ray Models of V(z) and V(x) QSAM Systems	p. 66
Wave Theory of V(z) and V(x) QSAM Systems	p. 68
Angular Resolution of QSAM Systems	p. 71
Application of the V(x) QSAM System to LSAW Measurement	p. 73
Temperature Stability of the V(x) QSAM System	p. 78
Acoustic Microscopy and Nonlinear Acoustic Effects	p. 81
Nonlinear Acoustic Applications for Characterization of Material Microstructure	p. 81
Schematic of Experiment	p. 81
Visualization by Nonlinear Acoustic Methods	p. 86
Parametric Representation of Acoustic Nonlinearity	p. 89
Peculiarities of Nonlinear Acoustic Effects in the Focal Area of an Acoustic Microscope	p. 92
Temperature Effects in the Focal Area of an Acoustic Microscope	p. 94
Effects of Radiation Pressure on Samples Examined with an Acoustic Microscope	p. 101
The Theory of Modulated Focused Ultrasound Interaction with Microscopic Entities	p. 108
Shell Model of a Cell	p. 109
Interaction of a Cell with a High-Frequency Field within the Framework of the Shell Model. Equation for the Radiation Force	p. 111
Oscillations of a Microparticle under the Action of a Nonlinear Force	p. 112
Investigation of the Local Properties and Microstructure of Model Systems and Composites by the Acoustic Microscopy Methods	p. 119
Study of the Viscoelastic Properties of Model Collagen Systems by the Acousto-Microscopic Methods. Experimental Setup	p. 119
Microstructure Investigations of Multilayer Photographic Film Structures Using Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Methods	p. 124
Investigation of the Microstructure Peculiarities of High-temperature Superconducting Materials by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Methods	p. 127
Application of Acoustic Microscopy to the Study of Multilayer Reinforced Fiber-Glass Graphite Composites	p. 137
Scanning Acoustic Microscopy of Polymer Composite Materials	p. 141
Acoustic Methods for the Investigation of Polymers	p. 142
Methods for Studying and Visualizing the Dispersed Phase in Polymer Blends	p. 144
Objects of Investigation	p. 146
Basic Requirements Imposed on Polymer Mixtures and Methods for their Study by Acoustic Microscopy	p. 147
Investigation into the Mechanisms of Acoustic Contrast in Polymers	p. 147
Acoustic Imaging of the Spatial Phase Distribution in Polymer Mixtures	p. 158
Investigation of the Structure and Homogeneity of the Mixture Components Distribution within each other. Measure of Homogeneity	p. 159
Numerical Processing of Acoustic Images of Granulated Structures	p. 163
Exploring the Microstructure of Polymer Blends in an Acoustic Microscope and Comparison with other Techniques	p. 165
Studies of the Microstructure of Individual Particles in a Blend	p. 165
Studies of Film Structure and the Homogeneity of Phase Distribution in Polymer Blend Films	p. 167
Assessment of the Component Distribution in Polymer Blends at Various Sizes of the Mixture Particle Fractions	p. 168
Investigation of the Distribution Homogeneity and the Physical and Mechanical Polymer Blend Properties	p. 171
Examination of the Polymer Film Structure via Surface Defects	p. 174
Application of Acoustic Microscopy Techniques for Investigation of the Multi-layered Polymer System Structure	p. 175
Using the Short-pulse Ultrasound Scanning Technique to Measure the Thickness of Individual Components of Multi-layer Polymer Systems	p. 178
Investigation of the Microstructure and Physical-Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues	p. 187
Application of Acoustic Microscopy Methods in Studies of Biological Objects	p. 187
Selection of Immersion Media for Acoustic Microscopy Studies of Biological Objects	p. 191
Imaging and Quantitative Data Acquisition of Biological Cells and Soft Tissues with Scanning Acoustic Microscopy	p. 194
Introduction	p. 194
Brief Description of the System	p. 195
Contrast Factor for Acoustic Imaging of Biological Cells and Tissues	p. 197
Thermal Insult	p. 200
Shock Wave Insult	p. 201
Velocity Measurement for Biological Tissue	p. 205
Concluding Remarks	p. 210
Methods for Tissue Preparation and Investigation	p. 211
Acoustic Properties of Biological Tissues and their Effect on the Image Contrast	p. 212
Investigation of Soft Tissue Sections	p. 213
Skin	p. 213
Eye Sclera	p. 215
Liver	p. 217
Cardiac Muscle	p. 218
Investigation of Hard Mineralized Tissues	p. 219
Bone Tissue and the Bone-Implant System	p. 219
Dental Tissue	p. 222
Acoustic Properties of Collagen	p. 232
The Effect of Collagen Anisotropy on Propagation of an Ultrasound Wave	p. 232
Experimental Investigation into Acoustic Properties of an Isolated Collagen Thread	p. 238
References	p. 241
Additional Reading	p. 260
Index	p. 271
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