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Title: Interface nano-confined acoustic waves in polymeric surface phononic crystals

Abstract

The impulsive acoustic dynamics of soft polymeric surface phononic crystals is investigated here in the hypersonic frequency range by near-IR time-resolved optical diffraction. The acoustic response is analysed by means of wavelet spectral methods and finite element modeling. An unprecedented class of acoustic modes propagating within the polymer surface phononic crystal and confined within 100 nm of the nano-patterned interface is revealed. The present finding opens the path to an alternative paradigm for characterizing the mechanical properties of soft polymers at interfaces and for sensing schemes exploiting polymers as embedding materials.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ; ;  [3];  [4];  [5];  [1]
  1. Center for Nanotechnology Innovation@NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa (Italy)
  2. JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, 440 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309 (United States)
  3. i-LAMP and Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Musei 41, 25121 Brescia (Italy)
  4. LAUM, UMR-CNRS 6613, Université du Maine, av. O. Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans (France)
  5. NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa (Italy)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22399097
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; INTERFACES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; PHONONS; POLYMERS; SOUND WAVES; SURFACES; TIME RESOLUTION

Citation Formats

Travagliati, Marco, NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Nardi, Damiano, Giannetti, Claudio, Ferrini, Gabriele, Banfi, Francesco, Gusev, Vitalyi, Pingue, Pasqualantonio, and Piazza, Vincenzo. Interface nano-confined acoustic waves in polymeric surface phononic crystals. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4905850.
Travagliati, Marco, NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Nardi, Damiano, Giannetti, Claudio, Ferrini, Gabriele, Banfi, Francesco, Gusev, Vitalyi, Pingue, Pasqualantonio, & Piazza, Vincenzo. Interface nano-confined acoustic waves in polymeric surface phononic crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905850
Travagliati, Marco, NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Nardi, Damiano, Giannetti, Claudio, Ferrini, Gabriele, Banfi, Francesco, Gusev, Vitalyi, Pingue, Pasqualantonio, and Piazza, Vincenzo. 2015. "Interface nano-confined acoustic waves in polymeric surface phononic crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905850.
@article{osti_22399097,
title = {Interface nano-confined acoustic waves in polymeric surface phononic crystals},
author = {Travagliati, Marco and NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa and Nardi, Damiano and Giannetti, Claudio and Ferrini, Gabriele and Banfi, Francesco and Gusev, Vitalyi and Pingue, Pasqualantonio and Piazza, Vincenzo},
abstractNote = {The impulsive acoustic dynamics of soft polymeric surface phononic crystals is investigated here in the hypersonic frequency range by near-IR time-resolved optical diffraction. The acoustic response is analysed by means of wavelet spectral methods and finite element modeling. An unprecedented class of acoustic modes propagating within the polymer surface phononic crystal and confined within 100 nm of the nano-patterned interface is revealed. The present finding opens the path to an alternative paradigm for characterizing the mechanical properties of soft polymers at interfaces and for sensing schemes exploiting polymers as embedding materials.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4905850},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22399097}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 2,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}