Altering Terahertz Sound Propagation in a Liquid upon Nanoparticle Immersion
One of the grand challenges of new generation Condensed Matter physicists is the development of novel devices enabling the control of sound propagation at terahertz frequency. Indeed, phonon excitations in this frequency window are the leading conveyor of heat transfer in insulators. Their manipulation is thus critical to implementing heat management based on the structural design. To explore the possibility of controlling the damping of sound waves, we used high spectral contrast Inelastic X-ray Scattering (IXS) to comparatively study terahertz acoustic damping in a dilute suspension of 50 nm nanospheres in glycerol and on pure glycerol. Bayesian inference-based modeling of measured spectra indicates that, at sufficiently large distances, the spectral contribution of collective modes in the glycerol suspension becomes barely detectable due to the enhanced damping, the weakening, and the slight softening of the dominant acoustic mode.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; PRIN2017-2017Z55KCW
- OSTI ID:
- 1876478
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1890434
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-223527-2022-JAAM; NANOKO; PII: nano12142401
- Journal Information:
- Nanomaterials, Journal Name: Nanomaterials Vol. 12 Journal Issue: 14; ISSN 2079-4991
- Publisher:
- MDPI AGCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Switzerland
- Language:
- English
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