Alumina/epoxy nanocomposite matching layers for high-frequency ultrasound transducer application

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Zhou, Qifa ^a   Cha, Jung Hyui ^a   Huang, Yuhong ^b   Zhang, Rui ^c   Cao, Wenwu ^c   Shung, K Kirk ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b Chemat Technology Inc   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CONTENTS; CONCENTRATION OF; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUMS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; MATCHING LAYERS; NANO-COMPOSITE FILMS; PULSE ECHOES; SMOOTH SURFACES; SPIN-COATING PROCESS; SPINNING SPEED; ULTRASOUND ENERGIES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EPOXIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTICS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60349132113     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1021     Document Type: Article

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